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Estate – Beneficiary Death
In this case, we apply Indiana law to a trust agreement to determine who receives the remainder funds upon the beneficiary’s death.
Jurisdiction
In 2013, Saravdeep Mann attacked his coworker, Martyn Baylay, with a bronze hotel decoration.
Prisoner – Eighth Amendment Violation
Terry Davis, an Indiana prisoner, sued two prison guards alleging that they punched him repeatedly, put him in a chokehold, and placed a plastic bag over his head—all gratuitously and thus in violation of his rights under the Eighth Amendment.
Insurance Premiums – Contract Claim
At age 56, Margery Newman purchased a long-term care insurance plan from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”).
Sufficiency of Evidence
In the summer of 2014, investigators in the Kane County Sheriff’s Office discovered that an IP address was using specialized peer-to-peer software to share child pornography over the internet.
OWI – Sentencing Guidelines
The circuit court convicted Justin Braunschweig of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and with prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), each as a second offense, and imposed sentence on the second offense OWI count.
Restitution Order Conversion
Marisa McFarlane entered pleas of no contest to charges of intentional failure to pay child support.
Domestic Abuse – Injunction
Michael Willan, pro se, appeals a domestic abuse injunction entered in favor of petitioner Mary. Willan argues that the circuit court made procedural and factual errors when it granted the injunction.
Sentence Modification
WI Court of Appeals – District I Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Floyd L. Marlow Case No.: 2017AP35-CR Officials: Lundsten, P.J., Blanchard, and Fitzpatrick, JJ Focus: Sentence Modification Floyd L. Marlow, pro se, appeals a circuit court order that denied Marlow’s motions for a new trial or sentence modification following his conviction and sentence […]
Due Process Violation
The City of Fitchburg denied Adams Outdoor Advertising Limited Partnership’s application for a permit to “convert” the eastfacing panel of an existing 300-square-foot paper billboard to a “digital sign” by installing a digital sign face on that panel.
Jury Instructions
Dillon Heiller appeals a judgment of conviction for strangulation and suffocation, battery, and misdemeanor bail jumping, all as a repeater, and an order of the circuit court denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Michael Miller was convicted in the Columbia County Circuit Court of one count of delivering marijuana.
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