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.
Personal Injury – Comparative Negligence
Ja’Lin Williams was struck by a train while he and his friends were running away from a police officer.
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.
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.
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."
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This is a review of an unpublished, per curiam decision of the court of appeals, State v. Zachary S. Friedlander, No. 2017AP1337-CR, unpublished slip op.
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.
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).
Probable Cause
Aaron B. Reigle appeals a judgment, entered on his guilty plea, convicting him of possession of child pornography.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Antonio D. Shannon appeals from orders denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) original and supplemental postconviction motions.
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.
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.
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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