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Civil Digest

Feb 4, 2020

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.

Feb 4, 2020

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.

Feb 4, 2020

Evidentiary Hearing

Deray J. Shaffale appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to void a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity (VPA).

Feb 4, 2020

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.

Feb 4, 2020

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.

Feb 4, 2020

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.

Feb 3, 2020

Qualified Immunity

Terrell Day died tragically while in police custody on September 26, 2015.

Feb 3, 2020

Habeas Corpus – Extradition

Nicolas Subdiaz‐Osorio stabbed his brother to death during a drunken fight.

Feb 3, 2020

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).

Feb 3, 2020

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.

Feb 3, 2020

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.

Feb 3, 2020

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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