Court Error – Suppressed Motion for Postconviction
Santos Lee Hernandez appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on his guilty plea and an order denying his postconviction motion without a hearing.
Court Error – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
V.C., Jr. (“V.C.”) appeals the trial court’s order terminating his parental rights to his son, J.T.C., and the postdispositional court’s order denying his postdispositional motion alleging that he was denied his right to counsel at the plea hearing, that trial counsel was ineffective because he did not object to the foster parent’s testimony that promised future contact between J.T.C. an[...]
Court Error – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
A.S.F. appeals the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to her son, J.T.C., and the postdispositional court’s order denying her postdispositional motion alleging that trial counsel was ineffective because she did not object to the foster parent’s testimony that promised future contact between J.T.C. and the biological family, if termination were to occur (the “future contact[...]
Motion for Postdispositional Relief
M.W. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to two of her children, Ma. W. and D.T.
Motion for Relief
Gary and Jody Hargrove appeal an order denying their motion for relief from a default judgment declaring that the Hargroves are not entitled to coverage under an insurance policy issued by Pella Mutual Insurance Company.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
The Ronald Berg Revocable Trust (Trust) appeals an order determining that a recorded, non-exclusive easement formerly held by Ronald Berg (Berg) over undeveloped property owned by Thomas Ziel and Shawn Newhouse (collectively, the Ziels) was limited to twelve feet in width.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Dennis Shaw challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting an order granting a domestic abuse injunction.
Motion for Relief
Ida Hautop appeals an order denying her WIS. STAT. § 806.07 (2015-16), motion for relief from a tax lien foreclosure judgment entered in favor of Bayfield County.
Sixth Amendment Violation – Right to Choose Counsel
In this habeas corpus case, state prisoner Douglas Oaks asks us to hold that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to choose his counsel.
Sufficiency of Evidence
This case concerns the death of Dennis Simpson, an inmate who fell off an upper bunk while incarcerated in the Bartholomew County Jail for a drunken driving conviction.
Motion to Suppress Evidence and Sentencing Guidelines
Appellant Benito Mojica appeals his conviction on two counts for various drug-trafficking crimes.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
On the night of December 19, 2007, Reginald Pittman, a pretrial detainee in the Madison County, Illinois, jail, hanged himself from the bars of his cell (of which he was the only occupant) with a blanket.
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