Motion for Evidentiary Hearing Denied
Jerry Harden appeals pro se from a circuit court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16) motion without a hearing.
Sovereign Immunity
This case involves the very tragic loss of life of an eight-year-old girl at a local swimming pool during a summer outing with the New Berlin Parks and Recreation Department.
Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied
Michael Mansfield appeals a judgment convicting him of third-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Georgette Martinez appeals judgments convicting her of delivering heroin and an order denying her postconviction motion, in which she alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel.
Wisconsin’s Governmental Immunity Statue
Kewaunee County appeals a nonfinal order denying its motion for summary judgment seeking the dismissal of Ross Schmelzer’s personal injury action.
Governmental Immunity – Personal Injury Claim
Ethan Hilbert appeals a summary judgment dismissing his personal injury claim against Dunn County and its insurer on the grounds of governmental immunity.
Doctrines of Claim Preclusion, Issue Preclusion, and Laches
Steven Hanson, pro se, appeals from a judgment foreclosing a mortgage on property owned by Hanson Management, Inc.
Abuse of Discretion
Daniel A. Peace appeals the judgment convicting him of sexual assault of a child under the age of thirteen and of repeated sexual assault of a child.
Spoliation of Evidence Doctrine
Brianna Kopp, Victoria Neuman, and Jennifer Kempka (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) appeal an order dismissing their claims against the School District of Crivitz and its insurer (together, the “District”), Michael and Kam Dama (together, the “Damas”), and their daughter, Sophia Dama (collectively with the Damas and the District, the “Defendants”).
Postconviction Motion Denied and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Derrell R. Pickett, pro se, appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdict, on one count of possession with intent to deliver more than forty grams of cocaine as party to a crime as a second or subsequent offense.
Postconviction Motion Denied – Machner Hearing
Jeffrey Roehling appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of felony intimidation of a witness and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
First and Fourteenth Amendment Violations – Illinois Election Code
Following Tripp and Shepherd’s ballot disqualification, plaintiffs filed suit in federal court, arguing that Illinois’s new party ballot restrictions violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, both facially and as applied to the 118th and 115th districts.
Legal News
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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