Yorie Von Kahl is serving a life sentence, plus consecutive terms of ten and five years’ imprisonment, for murdering two deputy United States Marshals and committing related crimes.
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Habeas Relief – Due Process Violation
Roscoe Chambers, a federal prisoner, appeals the denial of two petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, see 28 U.S.C. § 2241, asserting that he was denied due process in prison disciplinary hearings.
Read More »Breach of Contract – Theft-by-contractor
In 2013, Antonio Soria sued Classic Custom Homes of Waunakee, Inc., (“Custom Homes”) for breach of contract and theft by contractor.
Read More »Redistricting – Remedial Maps
The Wisconsin Constitution requires the legislature "to apportion and district anew the members of the senate and assembly, according to the number of inhabitants" after each census conducted under the United States Constitution...
Read More »ALJ Review – Abuse of Discretion
Before September 2019, J.T. received behavioral health services from a therapy provider for J.T.’s disorder on the autism spectrum.
Read More »Abuse of Discretion – Worker’s Compensation Settlement
Ryan Sey appeals the circuit court’s order approving a settlement agreement pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 102.29 (2019-20), a statute that addresses third-party liability in the worker’s compensation context.
Read More »Plea Withdrawal – Sufficiency of Evidence
Nakyta V.T. Chentis appeals from a judgment of conviction for possession of a narcotic drug and an order denying his postconviction motion seeking plea withdrawal.
Read More »Evidentiary Hearing
Terrence T. Whitaker appeals pro se from a circuit court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2019-20) motion without an evidentiary hearing.
Read More »Order Correcting Opinion
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a correction has been made to the circuit court judge in the appeal line.
Read More »Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Darryl Clarence Agnew appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of possession of between one and five grams of cocaine, with the intent to deliver, as a second or subsequent offense.
Read More »Habeas Relief – Sufficiency of Evidence
An Illinois jury found Mark Anderson guilty of murdering one man outside a Chicago sandwich shop and shooting at another who had fled.
Read More »Declaratory and Injunctive Relief – Damages
The City of Memphis sits on the banks of the Mississippi River in the southwest corner of Tennessee.
Read More »Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
We review a report filed by Referee Jean A. DiMotto, recommending the court suspend Attorney Walter W. Stern, III's license to practice law for a period of 45 days for three counts of professional misconduct.
Read More »Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
This court has pending before it Attorney Joseph R. Laumann's petition for reinstatement of his license to practice law in Wisconsin.
Read More »Involuntary Commitment – Sufficiency of Evidence
C.K.S. appeals from an order extending his WIS. STAT. ch. 51 commitment. C.K.S. argues that there was insufficient evidence of current dangerousness to justify recommitment.
Read More »Statutory Interpretation – Health Care Records – Fee Restrictions
We review the court of appeals' decision reversing the circuit court's dismissal of Andrea Townsend's claim against ChartSwap, LLC ("ChartSwap") for unlawfully overcharging her for copies of her medical records in contravention of the fee restrictions set out in Wis. Stat. § 146.83(3f) (2017-18).
Read More »Abuse of Discretion – Expunction
Sean Day appeals a judgment of conviction for fourth-degree sexual assault and a circuit court order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Read More »Involuntary Commitment
The petitioner, E.J.W., seeks review of an unpublished, authored decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's order extending his involuntary commitment.
Read More »Due Process Violation
Jeffrey L. Hineman appeals from a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of thirteen and from an order denying him postconviction relief.
Read More »Postconviction Relief – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Quincy D. Moore appeals his judgment of conviction for three drug charges and two felon in possession of a firearm charges with various penalty enhancers.
Read More »Termination of Parental Rights
M.P.H.-R. appeals the order of the trial court terminating her parental rights to A.S.H. M.P.H.-R. argues that...
Read More »Abuse of Discretion – Motion for Reconsideration
Roger Shaide, Roxanne Shaide, Mikel Huppert, and Kelly Huppert (collectively, “the Shaides”) appeal an order in which the circuit court granted Steven and Teresa Sullivan’s motion for reconsideration of a prior order that determined the parties’ respective rights to a disputed area of waterfront property.
Read More »Statutory Interpretation – Sales Tax
Citation Partners, LLC is in the business of leasing aircraft. At issue in this case is whether the total amount paid for an aircraft lease is subject to sales tax, or, if portions of a lease payment attributed to aircraft maintenance and engine maintenance are statutorily exempt from sales tax.
Read More »Derivative Suit – Validity of Claim
The Estate of Stephen O’Bryan, Brendan Tim O’Bryan, Joan O’Bryan Herriott, and the remaining plaintiffs appellants named in the caption above appeal from an order of the circuit court dismissing their derivative action against Lakewood Farms, Inc. (LFI) and against David L. O’Bryan, Thomas O’Bryan, and various other O’Bryan family members, all on LFI’s board of directors.
Read More »4th Amendment Violation
Lamondo Turrubiates appeals from an order that: (1) compelled him to disclose his cell phone passcode to law enforcement...
Read More »Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Darrell Anthony Killebrew appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, one count of disorderly conduct as an act of domestic abuse with use of a dangerous weapon, and one count of threat to a law enforcement officer, with all counts as a repeat offender.
Read More »Postconviction Relief – Ineffective Instance of Counsel
Antwan Devonta Green appeals a judgment of conviction entered following a jury trial for felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon, both as a party to a crime, and an order denying postconviction relief.
Read More »Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Emanual Santana appeals from a judgment of conviction for one count of first-degree sexual assault and an order denying his postconviction motion, without a hearing.
Read More »Sufficiency of Evidence
David Charles Smith appeals the judgment of conviction for multiple counts of sexual assault of two children.
Read More »Subject-matter Jurisdiction and Claim Splitting
Plaintiff-appellant Bobbie Jo Scholz suffered from serious physical and mental ailments following her service in the military.
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