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WI Court of Appeals Digest

Dec 14, 2016

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.

Dec 14, 2016

Spousal Maintenance – Divorce

Jeremy Chell appeals the spousal maintenance portion of a judgment dissolving his marriage to Laurie Chell.

Dec 14, 2016

Plea Agreement – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

David Taylor appeals judgments convicting him of eleven felonies and an order denying his postconviction motion for resentencing.

Dec 14, 2016

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Court Error

Cedric Hayes, Sr., appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of repeated sexual assault of a child.

Dec 14, 2016

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).

Dec 14, 2016

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.

Dec 7, 2016

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.

Dec 7, 2016

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.

Dec 7, 2016

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.

Dec 7, 2016

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.

Dec 7, 2016

Reasonable Suspicion – 4th Amendment – Refusal of Chemical Test

Daniel L. Schmidt appeals from an order revoking his driving privileges for one year.

Dec 7, 2016

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.

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