Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Eddie Ben Sanders appeals from judgments convicting him of attempted third-degree sexual assault, felony intimidation of a witness, and violating the sex offender registry.
Sentence Credit
Amy Zahurones pled no contest to four counts arising from a single course of conduct.
Property Assessment
Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel, LLC (WMH) appeals an order of the circuit court, following a court trial, upholding the City of Milwaukee’s 2014 and 2015 property tax assessments of the Milwaukee Marriott Hotel Downtown (the Hotel) located in downtown Milwaukee.
Breach of Agreement – Breach of Duty of Good Faith
Bufkin Academy, LLC appeals an order of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
Statutory Interpretation – Judgment – Preference
Nasonville Dairy, Inc. (“Nasonville”) appeals a judgment awarding $290,000 to Daniel Freund, as receiver for Liberty Milk Marketing Cooperative (“Liberty”).
Plea Withdrawal and Sentence Modification
William Peterson, pro se, appeals an order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) postconviction motion for plea withdrawal and sentence modification.
Plea Withdrawal
In these consolidated appeals, Randall Hungerford claims his attorney’s deficient performance prevented him from moving to withdraw his pleas prior to sentencing.
Insurance Claim – Product Liability
Zurich Insurance (Taiwan), Ltd., and Taian Insurance Company, Ltd., are insurance companies based in Taiwan.
Exclusion of Evidence – Expert Testimony
In late 2009 Cathy Truitt filed seven nearly identical tax returns, each falsely claiming that she was entitled to a $300,000 refund.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
A jury found Terrance Curtis guilty of first-degree reckless homicide for causing the death of his five-month-old son, R.C.
Jurisdiction – Supervised Release
Dino Greco spent more than a decade in prison for blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s car with a pipe bomb.
Statutory Interpretation – Bankruptcy – UCC
This interlocutory bankruptcy appeal presents a matter of first impression for our court: whether Illinois’s version of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code requires a financing statement to contain within its four corners a specific description of secured collateral, or if incorporating a description by reference to an unattached security agreement sufficiently “indicates” the collatera[...]
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