Plea & Sentencing
Theoris Raphel Stewart appeals two judgments of conviction and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Child Neglect – Statutory Interpreration – Court Error
Saleem El-Amin appeals an order of the circuit court affirming a decision of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) that found El-Amin committed neglect of a child within the meaning of WIS. STAT. § 48.02(12g) (2015-16).
Abuse of Discretion – Expert Testimony
The County of Milwaukee appeals an order of the circuit court granting several motions of the defendant, Ross J. Romenesko, relating to charges against him for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
Retaliatory Eviction
Josh Seaverson appeals an order of the trial court granting eviction and a monetary judgment in favor of his landlord, Brad Bottomley.
Plea Withdrawal
Laron Henry appeals two judgments of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion, claiming that manifest injustice entitles him to withdraw his guilty pleas post-sentencing.
Contract Validity – Personal Guaranty
Paul Bouraxis appeals from a money judgment, entered in favor of Reinhart Foodservice, LLC, after the circuit court denied Bouraxis’s motion for summary judgment and granted Reinhart’s cross-motion.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Tarrance D. Jenkins appeals from a judgment, entered on a jury’s verdict, convicting him on one count of endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon as a party to a crime.
Jury Instructions
Jose Maldonado and Francisco Masias (together, “the Defendants”) were charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, amongst six other counts irrelevant to this appeal.
Breach of Contract
Henry Fiorentini is the owner and president of Panatech, Inc., a small technology company. When cancer treatment left him unable to perform his job, he received total disability benefits under a policy he held with the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company.
Court Error – Party to Contract
WeConnect, Inc. asks us to reverse the district court for making a factual mistake.
Sufficiency of Evidence
A jury convicted defendant‐appellant Donald S. Harden of conspiring to distribute heroin, the use of which resulted in the death of Fred Schnettler.
Breach of Contract – Statue of Limitations
In June 2003 Pain Center of SE Indiana contracted with a company called SSIMED LLC for medical-billing software and related services.
Legal News
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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