Wisconsin Fourth Amendment Law

<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Jacob T. Anderson </h2> </center>

Waukesha, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with homicide by use of a vehicle while having a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood. Jacob T. Anderson, was driving a work truck when he crossed over the centerline of a two-lane highway and collided with a car driven by Erin M. Schroeder. Schroeder was trapped in her car after the ... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Michael Joseph Gasper

Waukesha, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. ¶2 Gasper was charged with ten counts of possessing child pornography1 and nine counts of child exploitation based upon the content on his cell phone.2 Law enforcement obtained a warrant for his cell phone after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCME... More...

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United States of America v. Hannah Dugan

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings before a department or agency. Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee state judge was accused of helping a man avoid arrest by ICE. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1071, the government must establish the following four essential elements: (1) a federal warrant has been i... More...

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Marissa Darlingh v. Adria Maddaleni, et al.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful termination theory. Marissa Darlingh was employed as a guidance counselor at an elementary school in the Milwaukee Public School District. In April 2022 she attended a rally at the state capitol in Madison featuring "radical feministâ€ critiques of the transgender-rights movement. There she del... More...

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Curtis L. Walker v. Dan Cromwell

Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking postconviction relief. Curtis Walker has served 30 years of his life sentence for a murder that he committed when he was 17 years old. The state trial judge in Walker's case exercised the discretion conferred upon him by Wisconsin law to set Walker's parole eligibility date for 2071. Walker will notbe eli... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Gregory Vreeland </h1>

<h2><center> Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failure to Pay Employment Taxes </center><center> Springbrook Man Sentenced to Prison for Failure to Pay Employment Taxes</h2></center> </h2></center> Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for t... More...

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In re the marriage of: Andrew J. Baxter v. Jessica L. Baxter </center

<h2> Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin family law lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant in a divorce case. </h2? ¶3 The parties married in April 2000 and had two children together.[2]Andrew filed for divorce in October 2019. ¶4 A final contested divorce hearing took place in December 2020, at which the primary issues were property division and maintenance. Fo... More...

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<H2> State of Wisconsin v. Karlos J. Soriano-Caberea

<h2> Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape. </h2> Karlos Soriano-Caberea, age 42, was guilty in June 2024, a jury found Soriano-Caberea guilty of three counts of third-degree sexual assault and one count of fourth-degree sexual assault. 1 940.225(3)(a) 3rd Degree Sexual Assault Felony G Found Guilty at Jury Trial 2 9... More...

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Nancy Kindschy v. Brian Aish

<h2> Milwaukee, Wisconsin civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued seeking an injunction prohibiting harassment. </h2> This case involves a harassment injunction issued against Brian Aish, an anti-abortion protestor, based on statements he made to Nancy Kindschy, a nurse practitioner, as she left her job at a family planning clinic. We must ... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Cerina Lynn Boehrer </h1>

<h2><center> Fayetteville, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </color="red"></h2></center><h2><center> Oklahoma Woman Sentenced to More Than 16 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking </h2></center> A Oklahoma woman was sentenced yesterday to 200 months in prison f... More...

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Leshaun Benjamin v. Alicia Sanchez

Milwaukee, Wisconsin personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a civil rights violation theory. Plaintiff Leshaun Benjamin, who is represented by counsel, is proceeding under 42 U.S.C. Â§1983 on an Eighth Amendment claim against a nurse at the Milwaukee Mental Health Complex (MMHC). The plaintiff alleges that on September 8â€”he doesn'... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. William D. Avery

On February 17, 1998, the partially clothed body of Maryetta Griffin, an African American female who abused crack cocaine in the Milwaukee area, was found in an abandoned garage. Griffin died as a result of manual strangulation, likely during the early morning hours of the date her body was found. In 1998, Avery was a dope dealer, selling crack cocaine out of 2474 North Palmer Street in M... More...

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Patrick Fehlman v. James Mankowski

Madison, Wisconsin civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory. Patrick Fehlman, a former member of the Neillsville, Wisconsin police department, sued Chief of Police James Mankowski, alleging the Chief retaliated against him for critiquing the Chief's leadership, in violation of the First Amendment. * * * Fehlman appe... More...

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Antonio G. Ramirez v. Lizzie Tegels

Petitioner Antonio G. Ramirez was convicted, after a jury trial, of two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child, first-degree sexual assault causing great bodily harm, and child enticement in Kenosha County Case No. 1999CF950. The child victim did not testify at Ramirez's trial, but police officers and hospital personnel testified about statements made by the child, the child's mothe... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Evan Zimmerman

;Evan Zimmerman appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict convicting him of first-degree intentional homicide and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Zimmerman raises several issues on appeal.2 He argues: (1) The evidence was insufficient to convict him; (2) the trial court erroneously allowed the State to rely on speculative evidence connecting him with the victim on th... More...

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Doniel Carter v. Erika Watson

Milwaukee, Wisconsin personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a civil rights violation theory claiming that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated. <table> <h1> <center> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/wisconsin/news/milwaukee/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Milwaukee</a> </center> </h1> </table> Plaintiff... More...

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HELBACHS CAFÃ‰ LLC v. City of Madison

Madison, Wisconsin civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, which sued Defendant on a First Amendment violation theory. After the public health department for the City of Madison and Dane County, Wisconsin issued a COVID-19 mask mandate, an owner of Helbachs CafÃ© posted a sign: "Mask Free Zone. Please remove mask before enteringâ€ and then took it down about 30 ... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Tiffany Lynn Simmons

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree intentional homicide and kidnapping. ¶2 The State charged Simmons with first-degree intentional homicide, hiding a corpse, and kidnapping, all as a party to a crime. The complaint alleged that Simmons and her boyfriend, Shanta Pearson, kidnapped and murdered Tess White and then burned t... More...

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Lanita Dotson v. James Faulkner, et al.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on Right to Privacy Act violation theories. LaNita Dotson, who is incarcerated and represented by counsel, brings this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983. Dotson was allowed to proceed on an Eighth Amendment claim and a state law claim against James Faulkner for sexual assault. She was also allowe... More...

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TRACY CONLEY v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

<center><h2> Milwaukee, WI - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant or his participation in a "fake stash houseâ€ sting charge. </h2></center> Our opinion affirming Conley's convictions on direct apâ€ peal sets out the facts of his case. United States v. Conley, 875 F.3d 391 (7th Cir. 2017). Here we focus on the facts relevant to<... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GILBERT MANNING

<center><h2> Milwaukee, WI - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and distribution of marijuana charges. </h2></center> Manning pleaded guilty in 2013 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, see 21 U.S.C. Â§ 841(a)(1), (b... More...

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KASHAWN MORROW

<center><h2> Milwaukee, WI - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a nine-count indictment: three counts of Hobbs Act robbery, three counts of use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, one count of conspiracy to use a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and one count of transporting a firea... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Colten Ray Treu

Chippewa Falls, WI - The State of Wisconsin charged Colten Ray Treu, dob 02-25-1997, with: 1 940.09(1)(a) Homicide by Intox Use of Vehicle (2nd+) Felony C Guilty Due to No Contest Plea 2 940.09(1)(a) Homicide by Intox Use of Vehicle (2nd+) Felony C Guilty Due to No Contest Plea 3 940.09(1)(a) Homicide by Intox Use of Vehicle (2nd+) Felony C Guilty Due to No Contest Plea 4 940.... More...

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Leonard (Lenny) Pozner v. James Fetzer

<center> <h1> <a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Virtual Receptionists</a>A Receptionist for Five Dollars A Day Call 918-582-6422 Today </h1> </center> Madison, WI - Leonard (Lenny) Pozner sued James Fetzer defamation theory claiming that Fezter defamed him by spreading lies about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementa... More...

$450000 (10-17-2019 - WI)

The Estate of Swannie Her v. Craig Hoeppner, Park Director for the City of West Bend

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-edwi/fieldable-panel-panes/image-panes/images/2014/12/30/court.gif"> </center> A June afternoon in Wisconsin took a tragic turn when six-year-old Swannie Her was found unresponsive on the bottom of a man-made swimming pond operated by the City of West Bend. She never regained consciousness and died a f... More...

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Annie Laurie Gaylor v. Steven T. Mnuchin

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"> </center> Since the Founders crafted the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment, courts have grappled 2 Nos. 18-1277 & 18-1280 with the “play in the joints” between them. Walz v. Tax Comm. of City of N.Y., 397 U.S. 664, 669 (197... More...

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William Liebhart & Nancy Liebhart v. SPX Corporation

William and Nancy Liebhart together own three houses on the same block in Watertown, Wisconsin. Besides a few other houses, the rest of the block was previously occupied by an abandoned transformer fac- tory, last owned by SPX Corporation. In 2014, SPX demol- ished the building with the assistance of TRC Environmental Corporation and Apollo Dismantling Services (collectively, “the def... More...

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United States of America v. Keycie A. Street

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/milwaukee_411890537990189369_1435166339101.jpg"> </center> On October 24, 2015, law enforcement officers in Pewaukee, Wisconsin were searching for two African‐American men who moments before had committed an armed robbery. The robbers had been tracked to the parking lot of a nearby Walm... More...

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Julio De Lima Silva v. State of Wisconsin, Department of Correction, et al.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"> </center> Plaintiff-appellant Julio de Lima Silva, a Brazilian citizen who self-identifies as Latino, worked as a correctional sergeant for the State of Wisconsin, Depart-ment of Corrections (“DOC”). His use of force on an inmate triggered ... More...

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United States of America v. Susan Wenszell

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/milwaukee_411890537990189369_1435166339101.jpg"> </center> Milwaukee, WI - Former Owner of Electrical Construction Company Pleads Guilty to Felony Tax Charge Susan Wenszell (57) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to one count of failing to account for and pay federal payroll taxes to the Internal Re... More...

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Linda Reed v. Columbia St. Mary's Hospital

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/milwaukee_411890537990189369_1435166339101.jpg"> </center> Plaintiff‐appellant Linda Reed alleges that she suffered discrimination on the basis of her disabilities while she was a patient at defendant‐appellee Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital in March 2012. Among other things, she c... More...

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United States of America v. Luis A. Fernandez

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/milwaukee_411890537990189369_1435166339101.jpg"> </center> A jury convicted Luis Fernandez of being a felon in possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Fernandez appeals his conviction, contending that the district court committed three evidentiary errors that deprived him of a fa... More...

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P.F., a minor, by A.F. v. Carolyn Stanford Taylor

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"> </center> Under Wisconsin’s open-enrollment program, a public-school student can apply to transfer from his resident school district to a nonresident district that has an available space for him. WIS. STAT. § 118.51. The program distinguishes bet... More...

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Judy Dilley v. Holiday Acres Properties, Inc.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"> </center> Judy Dilley and Abigail Brown were injured while horseback riding in Wisconsin. Both women are citizens of other states, so they sued the trail and stable operators in federal court in western Wisconsin asserting claims of negligence. They... More...

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Shonda Martin v. Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County (ï¿½Countyï¿½) hired Xavier Thicklen in late 2012 to work as a corrections officer in its jail. County has a zero-tolerance policy forbidding corrections officers from having any sexual contact with inmates. County repeatedly instructed Thicklen not to engage in any such contact and trained him to avoid it. Thicklen gave answers to quizzes indicating he understood the tr... More...

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Theresa Mason-Funk v. City of Neenah, et al.

Brian Flatoff’s decision to take individuals hostage at a motorcycle shop in Neenah, Wisconsin, had tragic consequences for Michael Funk. After managing to escape from Flatoff, Funk was shot and killed in the alleyway behind the shop by two officers of the Neenah Police 2 No. 17‐3380 Department (NPD), Craig Hoffer and Robert Ross. Unfortunately, they mistakenly... More...

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John McAdams v. Marquette University

APPEAL from a judgment and an order of the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, David A. Hansher, Judge. Reversed and remanded. ¶1 DANIEL KELLY, J. Marquette University suspended a tenured faculty member because of a blog post criticizing an encounter between an instructor and a student. Dr. John McAdams took exception to his suspension, and brought a claim against the ... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Steven T. Delap <table> <td>

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming a judgment of conviction of the Circuit Court for Dodge County, Steven G. Bauer, Judge.1 Steven Delap, the defendant, was convicted of obstructing an officer in violation of Wis. Stat. § 946.41(1) and possession of drug paraphernalia in violation of Wis. Stat. § 961.573(1), both as a repeater. ¶2 In the cir... More...

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State of Wisconsin v. Anthony R. Pico <table> <td>

A jury convicted Anthony R. Pico of sexually assaulting a young girl.1 Mr. Pico believes there is a reasonable probability that, absent his trial counsel's alleged constitutional ineffectiveness, this conviction would not have occurred. The circuit court agreed, and so set aside his 1 The Honorable William J. Domina, Waukesha County Circuit ... More...

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Tamara M. Loertscher v. Eloise Anderson, et al.

Tamara M. Loertscher brought this action under 42 U.S.C. ï¿½ 1983 challenging the constitutionality of 1997 Wisconsin Act 292 (ï¿½Act 292ï¿½ or ï¿½the Actï¿½), a legislative measure designed to address the effects of prenatal substance abuse. Act 292 brings unborn children and their mothers within the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts if the mothers exhibit... More...

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