DNA Surcharge – Due Process
Travis Manteuffel appeals the imposition of a $200 deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) surcharge on his conviction for misdemeanor disorderly conduct and an order denying his postconviction motion to vacate that surcharge.
Spousal Maintenance – Divorce
Jeremy Chell appeals the spousal maintenance portion of a judgment dissolving his marriage to Laurie Chell.
Plea Agreement – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
David Taylor appeals judgments convicting him of eleven felonies and an order denying his postconviction motion for resentencing.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Court Error
Cedric Hayes, Sr., appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of repeated sexual assault of a child.
Admission of Evidence – Other-Acts Evidence
Anton Dorsey appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of misdemeanor battery, one count of disorderly conduct, and one count of aggravated battery, with the latter two counts having been charged as acts of domestic abuse, pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 973.055(1).
Negligence – Small Claims
Steven Howell, pro se, appeals a summary judgment entered in favor of the Polk County Sheriff’s Department in a small claims negligence action.
Land Use – Venue – Zoning
Oak Park Quarry, LLC, appeals a circuit court order that affirmed a decision of the Dane County Board of Adjustment regarding Oak Park’s claim that its property has a legal non-conforming use status allowing mineral extraction without a conditional use permit.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Misstatement of Law
Gerrod Bell appeals the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, on multiple charges of sexual assault involving two victims, then aged 17 and 14, and the order denying his motion for a new trial.
Writ of Mandamius – Tax Assessments
Mississippi Sports and Recreation, Inc. filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to require the Town of Wheatland to “reconvene” board of review hearings from 2009 to 2013 to hear Mississippi Sports’s objections to its property tax assessments from those years.
Foreclosure
Jennifer Miescke appeals a circuit court decision granting summary judgment of foreclosure to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan Chase” or “the Bank”) on its foreclosure action against Miescke.
Reasonable Suspicion – 4th Amendment – Refusal of Chemical Test
Daniel L. Schmidt appeals from an order revoking his driving privileges for one year.
Rape Shield Law
Nelson Humes appeals a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of three counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child under sixteen.
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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