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Lawyer’s license suspended for 1 year for 41 counts of misconduct
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer’s license for one year for practicing while his license was suspended and mishandling cases.
BENCH BLOG: Court opens door for more ‘other-acts evidence’
In keeping with last year’s legislative changes to the state’s other-acts evidence statute, the conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court took a recent case involving the sexual assault of a child as an occasion to liberalize its application of this sort of evidence.
Driver claims destroyed blood evidence violates due process
More than nine months after Michael Luedtke had rammed his Ford Escort into the back of a stopped vehicle at an Oshkosh intersection, he was charged on Dec. 19, 2009, with six felony counts of impaired driving and operating a vehicle with a controlled substance in his blood.
Spending on Supreme Court races tops $1.1M
Spending topped more than $1.1 million on television advertising on a pair of Wisconsin Supreme Court contests decided in Tuesday's election.
State Supreme Court likely to see new chief justice (UPDATE)
Members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will meet "quite soon" to decide who should serve as chief justice now that voters have given them the power to do that, Justice Pat Roggensack said Wednesday.
Bradley beats Daley for 3rd term on Supreme Court
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley won re-election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, handily defeating Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley and conservatives who wanted to increase their majority on the officially nonpartisan court.
BENCH BLOG: Good-faith exception to exclusionary rule
In a hotly contested case about suppressing a dog’s sniff search of a residence, the Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously decided that the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule applied.
Supreme Court candidates make final push (UPDATE)
The candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court made a final push to connect with voters on Monday, with Justice Ann Walsh Bradley focusing on the Democratic stronghold of Milwaukee while challenger Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley was in the more conservative Fox Valley.
High court reprimands Mequon lawyer for misleading lender
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday publicly reprimanded a Mequon attorney for misleading a lender after a settlement.
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate’s daughter wanted by state
Online court records show Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate James Daley's daughter has been a fugitive since 2008.
Daley boosts coffers, but Bradley keeps edge in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Wisconsin Supreme Court hopeful James Daley boosted his cash over the last month but incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley still has the edge on him in the money game.
Chief justice referendum atypical, says think-tank analyst
On April 7, voters will decide whether the state constitution should be amended to let the Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices choose their own leader, replacing a system that now has the top position go to the member with the most seniority.
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- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
