Wisconsin Burglary Law

United States of America v. Dametri G. Horton

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence and felony possession of a firearm. Dametri G. Horton, age 34, was found guilty of committing a commercial business armed robbery. The evidence established that on November 20, 2022, Horton entered a Walgreens in the City of Milwaukee, approached a cashier, bran... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Joseph J. Yeoman

<h2> Port Washington, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary and felony bail jumping. </h2> The State charged Yeoman with burglary and felony bail jumping in connection with the burglary of a private home from which more than ten thousand dollars' worth of property was stolen. According to the complaint, the burglary was discovered by a h... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Roosevelt T. Taylor </h1>

<h2><center> Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Dealing Fentanyl Resulting in Death of 17-year old </center><center> Green Bay Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Dealing Fentanyl Resulting in Death of 17-year old </h2></center> </h2></center><br... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Roosevelt T. Taylor </h1>

<h2><center> Green Bay, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Dealing Fentanyl Resulting in Death of 17-year old </center><center> Green Bay Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Dealing Fentanyl Resulting in Death of 17-year old</h2></center> </h2></center><b... More...

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United States of America v. Raymond Poore

Madison, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Raymond Poore, age 30, from Madison, Wisconsin, was apprehended in possession of a 9 millimeter handgun on November 18, 2021, after Madison Police and Dane County Sheriff's deputies attempted to stop a suspected stolen vehicle in which Poore was a passenger. The driver of t... More...

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United States of America v. Keante K. Gunn

Madison, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing heroin, fentanyl, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. On April 16, 19, 22, and 26, 2021, Dane County Narcotics Task Force officers, using a confidential informant and an undercover officer, purchased crack cocaine and heroin laced with fentanyl from Keante K. Gunn, age 32,... More...

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United States of America v. Ahmeeshadye Curtis

Madison, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiring to transport and transporting stolen goods worth in excess of $5,000 across state lines. From November 2019 through December 24, 2019, Ahmeeshadye Curtis, age 36, conspired with Carl Carter, 39, also of Madison, to commit seven burglaries and attempt another of stores in Iowa, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wiscon... More...

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United States of America v. Royal Powell

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"> </center> Madison, WI - Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 15 Years Royal Powell, 36, Janesville, Wisconsin, was sentenced to a mandatory minimum 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Powell p... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Jack T. Patterson

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.barroncountywi.gov/vertical/Sites/%7B55B35465-9825-4C7F-A839-E0EDFC6408E8%7D/uploads/775.JPG"> </center> Barron, WI - The State of Wisconsin charged John Patterson, age 21, with: 1 940.01(1)(a) 1st-Degree Intentional Homicide Felony A Guilty Due to Guilty Plea 2 940.01(1)(a) 1st-Degree Intentional Homicide Felony A Guilty... More...

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United States of America v. Robert Siebert

Madison, WI - Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 15 Years <center><h2> Morelaw Internet Marketing <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a> </h2> </center> Ronald Siebert, 36, Madison, Wiscon... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Lamont Donnell Sholar <table> <td>

In late September 2011, Sholar and his life-long friend, Shawnrell Simmons, were arrested after two victims, E.C. and S.G., separately reported to police that they had been victims of sex trafficking by Sholar (and that other girls had been trafficked by Simmons) out of several motel rooms near the Milwaukee airport, including the Econolodge on 13th Street. The State... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Shannon Olance Hendricks <table> <td>

The criminal complaint charged Hendricks with one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 16. The charges stemmed from Hendricks taking his girlfriend's 14-year-old niece to a park where he touched the victim's chest over her clothes, tried to touch her breasts under her clothes, rubbed her thighs, and touched her buttocks over her clothes w... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Daniel J. H. Bartelt <table> <td>

This case arises from two crimes committed in July 2013. On July 12, 2013, M.R. was assaulted by a male suspect with a knife while walking her dog in Richfield Historical Park in the Village of Richfield. M.R. was tackled to the ground and suffered several knife wounds before disarming the suspect, who fled the scene in a blue Dodge Caravan. Three days later, on Ju... More...

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United States of America v. Dennis Franklin

These consolidated appeals represent another application of the “categorical approach” for applying recidivist statutes. The specific question in these appeals is whether convictions under a portion of the Wisconsin * Circuit Judge Posner retired on September 2, 2017, and did not participate in the decision of this case, which is being resolved by a quorum of the panel ... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Michael L. Washington <table> <td>

The petitioner, Michael L. Washington ("Washington"), seeks review of a published court of appeals decision affirming his judgment of conviction and the circuit court's order denying his postconviction motion.1 He asserts that the court of appeals erred in determining that, by his conduct, he waived his statutory right to be present at trial. Washington specifically cont... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Dan J. Dopp

Milwaukee, WI - Jury Finds Man Mentally Ill When He Committed Triple Murder The State of Wisconsin charged Dan Popp with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide for killing Mai Vue and Phia Vue and Jesus Panso-Perez. Popp claimed insanity as his defense. Charge(s) Count No. 1 940.01(1)(a) 1st-Degree Intentional Homicide <... More...

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David Green v. Jonathan Newport

On November 26, 2014, around 8:30 p.m., Officer Jonathon Newport of the Milwaukee Police * Of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation. 2 No. 16-1536 Department and his partner, Officer Busshardt, responded to a suspicious person complaint made by an employee of the O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Tabitha A. Scruggs

Petitioner, Tabitha Scruggs ("Scruggs"), seeks review of a published court of appeals decision denying her motion for postconviction relief.1 The court of appeals determined that Scruggs failed to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that imposing a now mandatory $250 DNA surcharge for a single felony conviction constitutes a punishment, violating the prohibition a... More...

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United States of America v. Rolando Reyes-Cruz

Madison, WI - Mexican Citizen Sentenced for Illegally Reentering U.S. Rolando Reyes-Cruz, 49, a citizen of Mexico found living in New Lisbon, Wis., was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States following deportation. Reyes-Cruz pleaded guilty to this charge on May 5, 2016. Reyes-Cruz first came to the United States illegally when he was... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Richard J. Sulla

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals,1 which reversed the Jefferson County Circuit Court's2 order denying Richard Sulla's ("Sulla") postconviction motion to withdraw his no contest pleas. ¶2 This case requires us to examine the circumstances under which a circuit court may deny a defendant's ... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Stephen LeMere

The charges against LeMere arose out of events that occurred after a gathering in the City of Eau Claire on Friday evening, May 13, 2011, at the home of J.C. and his wife, A.C. LeMere was then 24. During the gathering, LeMere and another visitor drank the majority of two 30 packs of beer, in addition to other alcohol in the house. LeMere also took a narcotic pain ... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Patrick K. Tourville

Petitioner, Patrick Tourville ("Tourville"), seeks review of an unpublished court of appeals decision denying his motion for post-conviction relief. He asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object after the State allegedly breached the plea agreement by recommending consecutive sentences. Additionally, Tourville contends that there was an insufficient factual bas... More...

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State Of Wisconsin v. Brian I. Harris

Officer Justin Niebuhr and Detective Chad Buchanan, both of the city of Kenosha police department, were the only witnesses to testify at the suppression hearing. Their relevant, undisputed testimony is as follows. ¶3 Niebuhr responded to a report of a possible burglary in progress at a townhouse. At the residence of the reporting neighbor, Niebuhr heard the “constant clinking together of... More...

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United States of Amercia v. Raul Vivas-Ceja

Raul Vivas-Ceja pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after removal, the maximum sentence for which is raised to 20 years if the defendant has been convicted of an “aggravated felony” prior to removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2). As relevant here, the definition of “aggravated felony” is supplied by the definition of “crime of violence” in 18 U.S.C. § 16(b), ... More...

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State Of Wisconsin v. Stephen Toliver

This case has a complicated procedural history. On May 28, 1991, Toliver and his brother were charged with first-degree intentional homicide, as parties to a crime, for the death of Tina Rodgers. The cases were tried separately. On January 31, 1992, a jury found Toliver guilty as charged. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on March 16, 1992, with parole eligibility in December 2045. Tolive... More...

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United States of America v. Byron Dewayne Kidd

Madison, WI - Beloit Man Sentenced to Five Years for Gun Crime Byron Dewayne Kidd, 21, Beloit, Wis., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to five years in federal prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. Kidd pleaded guilty to this most recent offense on August 3, 2015. Kidd possessed the firearm March 19, 2015, when he sold it to ... More...

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Untied States of America v. Bonnie T. Wolff

MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Bonnie T. Wolff, 29, Rhinelander, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 90 months in federal prison, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Wolff pleaded guilty t... More...

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United States of America v. Jylon Turner

MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jylon Turner, 21, Beloit, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 42 months in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for delivering heroin on April 2, 2014. Turner pleaded guilty to this charge on August 6, 2014. In A... More...

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State of Wisconsin vs. John Spooner

The State of Wisconsin charged John Spooner, age 76, with first-degree intentional homicide in violation of Section 940.01(1)(A) of the Wisconsin Statutes in conjunction with the shooting death of Darius Simmons, age 13, in May of 2012. Mr. Spooner's house was burglarized and Mr. Spooner suspected Simmons. Two days later, he confronted the teenager and shot him in the chest with a .32 caliber pi... More...

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Tammy W-G. v. Jacob T.

This case comes before us by certification from the court of appeals. Certification was recommended to "resolve the ambiguities and uncertainties regarding the use of Wis. Stat. Â§ 48.415(6) as a ground to terminate parental rights." Tammy W-G. v. Jacob T., No. 2009AP2973, unpublished slip op., at 11 (Wis. Ct. App. Apr. 22, 2010). The certified questions are: (1) Whether "once a 'subs... More...

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<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=03-1119.PDF" target="_new">United States of America v. Rodney T. Howze</a>

Rodney Howze fired a gun into the air to disperse a group of unruly teenagers. This was not a good idea: Howze, who had several criminal convictions, was not allowed to possess a gun, let alone fire one on a crowded street. He pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. §922(g), which prohibits felons from having guns. The prosecutor proposed to treat three of Howze's prior convictions as "vi... More...

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<a href="http://www.wisbar.org/res/sup/2002/00-2887.htm" target="_new">OLR v. Michele A. Tjader</a>

1. We review the recommendation of the referee that Attorney <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers" target"_new">Michele A. Tjader</a> receive a public reprimand for professional misconduct. In addition, the referee recommended that the court require Attorney Tjader to reimburse a client for interest on the delayed refund of an attorney fee, and to pay the costs of this proceeding. 2. W... More...

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<a href="http://www.wisbar.org/res/capp/2002/01-0751.htm" target="_new">Hicks v. Nunnery</a>

Attorney <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers" target= "_new">Willie Nunnery</a> appeals a judgment entered against him in favor of a former client, Anthony Hicks. A jury found Nunnery had been negligent in his representation of Hicks in a criminal matter, and it awarded Hicks $2,606,950 in damages. Nunnery claims that:(1)the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for judgment notwit... More...

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<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=01-2971" target="_new">Thomas Willan v. Columbia County</a>

Willan sued county law-enforcement officers and authorities under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983,claiming that they had violated his constitutional rights by obtaining and disseminating information about his criminal history. He appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the defendants. Willan was locked in a bitter campaign in 1999 for the mayoralty of the town of Lodi, Wisconsin. His o... More...

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