Court Error – Damages
Curtis Hestad and Allied Waste Services of North America, LLC, appeal a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, awarding damages to DeEtte and Ernest “Pat” Fankhauser for the destruction of a bridge on the Fankhausers’ property.
Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing
Kevin A. Taylor appeals a judgment entered after he pled guilty to second-degree recklessly endangering safety as a repeat offender and causing soft tissue injury to a police officer while resisting the officer.
Evidentiary Hearing
Deray J. Shaffale appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to void a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity (VPA).
Court Error – Burden of Proof
The State appeals an order of the trial court granting Andre David Nash’s motion to suppress identification evidence obtained in a lineup.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Lanard Hollenquest appeals a judgment, entered upon his no-contest pleas, convicting him of two counts of causing great bodily harm by operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and one count of causing injury by operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, as a second offense.
Plea Withdrawal
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), upset what was once a seemingly settled question of federal law.
Qualified Immunity
Terrell Day died tragically while in police custody on September 26, 2015.
Habeas Corpus – Extradition
Nicolas Subdiaz‐Osorio stabbed his brother to death during a drunken fight.
Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing
Defendant Carlos Vasquez-Abarca appeals his sentence for reentering the United States illegally after a prior deportation following a felony conviction, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a).
Statute of Limitations – Habeas Corpus
Johnnie Lee Savory spent thirty years in prison for a 1977 double murder that he insists he did not commit.
Sentencing Guidelines
Since 2015, defendant-appellant Alex Guerrero has sought a reduction of his prison sentence under Amendment 782 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which reduced guideline ranges for drug quantities.
Due Process Violation and Equal Protection Claim
Plaintiff Hosea Word is a sergeant and aspiring lieutenant in the Chicago Police Department (CPD).
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