Plea Withdrawal and Other Acts Evidence
Michael E. Doege appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon his guilty plea to one count of identity theft, and from an order denying his postconviction motion for plea withdrawal.
Court Error – Consolidated Appeal and Other Acts Evidence
Tyrell S. Tolbert appeals judgments of conviction, following a jury trial, of multiple charges.
Judgment Award
Jeffrey and Sherilyn Van Goethem appeal a foreclosure judgment granted on U.S. Bank National Association’s (U.S. Bank) summary judgment motion.
Insurance Claim – Coverage
John Doe appeals the order granting summary judgment to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metropolitan Milwaukee (BBBS) and BBBS’s insurance carrier, First Nonprofit Insurance Company (First Nonprofit).
Admittance of Evidence – Expert Testimony
Paul N. Westley appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of sixteen.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Breion Shequille Woodson appeals the judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of possession of a firearm by a person adjudicated delinquent for an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult and possession with intent to deliver more than forty grams of cocaine, as a party to a crime, as a second and subsequent offense.
Sentencing Modification
Murry Locke, pro se, appeals from an order denying his motion for sentence modification based on two allegedly new factors.
Estate – Motion for Recusal Denied
Richard Lauer, pro se, challenges those parts of an order that denied a petition to remove his brother, Dennis Lauer, as personal representative of their mother’s estate, and denied a motion for recusal of the judge.
Personal Jurisdiction
mGage, LLC, appeals the trial court’s nonfinal order denying its motion to dismiss CITGO Petroleum Corporation’s complaint on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction.
Sufficiency of Evidence
A jury found Scott Ginsberg guilty of bank fraud. On appeal, he argues there was insufficient evidence that he knowingly defrauded the banks.
Statutory Interpretation – Motor Carrier Act Violation
Leonid Burlaka, Timothy Keuken, Travis Frischmann, and Roger Robinson are truck drivers who brought individual, collective, and class action claims against Contract Transport Services (CTS), their former employer, for failing to provide overtime pay in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which requires overtime pay for any employee who works more than forty hours in a workweek.
Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
To keep his car dealership afloat, Arthur Friedman secured loans for fake buyers of a phony inventory of cars.
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