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Civil Digest

Apr 22, 2019

Warrantless Search

Donald Wanjiku pled guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A, but he retained his right to appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress the primary evidence against him.

Apr 22, 2019

Personal Injury – Comparative Negligence

Ja’Lin Williams was struck by a train while he and his friends were running away from a police officer.

Apr 22, 2019

Statutory Interpretation – Illinois Worker’s Compensation Act

When Elena Hernandez filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in December 2016, she reported one sizable asset: a pending workers’ compensation claim valued at $31,000.

Apr 22, 2019

Immigration – Removal Order

Rafael Giovanni Herrera-Garcia seeks to avoid removal to El Salvador because he says that he will be tortured by gangs or corrupt government authorities if he is forced to return there.

Apr 17, 2019

Statutory Interpretation – Property Tax Classification

In 2016, the Board of Review for the Town of Delafield reclassified two lots of land owned by The Peter Ogden Family Trust of 2008 and The Therese A. Mahoney-Ogden Family Trust of 2008 from "agricultural land" to "residential."

Apr 17, 2019

Statutory Interpretation – Sentence Credit

This is a review of an unpublished, per curiam decision of the court of appeals, State v. Zachary S. Friedlander, No. 2017AP1337-CR, unpublished slip op.

Apr 17, 2019

Summary Judgment – Issue of Material Fact

The City of Madison appeals an order granting summary judgment dismissing its claims against five stagehands employed by the City.

Apr 17, 2019

Abuse of Discretion – Newly Discovered Evidence

Kwesi B. Amonoo, pro se, appeals a circuit court order denying his fourth postconviction motion for a new trial under WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2009-10).

Apr 17, 2019

Probable Cause

Aaron B. Reigle appeals a judgment, entered on his guilty plea, convicting him of possession of child pornography.

Apr 17, 2019

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Antonio D. Shannon appeals from orders denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) original and supplemental postconviction motions.

Apr 17, 2019

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Rondale Darmon Tenner appeals his judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first-degree reckless homicide while using a dangerous weapon, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Apr 16, 2019

Newly Discovered Evidence

Willie Dorice Ford, Jr., pro se, appeals his judgment of conviction entered on a jury’s verdict finding him guilty of delivery of heroin weighing more than fifty grams, as a party to a crime.

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