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"Dangerousness" not a reason for involuntary medication under competency law, court rules
A pretrial defendant's dangerous is not a reason, under the state law governing competency, to order involuntary medication for the...
Oct 4, 2024


In Brief: Kaul challenges Legislature's intervention in election case
The Legislature's spending "included almost $2 million dollars in 2020 on involvement in election lawsuits against the Commission alone."
Sep 26, 2024


The Roundup from June 25, 2024: contesting a double jeopardy ruling
Or interesting stuff we couldn't get to otherwise. Coming to you straight from the documents themselves! Brief of appellant Case...
Jun 26, 2024


In brief: Drunk driving with a gun is not OK: Appeal
The circuit court noted that the state had a burden to show 'distinctly similar' laws from the time of the founding.
May 21, 2024


Summary: State appeals grant of plea withdrawal in Packing House theft case
Even shorter than the case "briefs" I've been posting, these summaries - lifted straight from appeals documents - allow me to cover even...
Apr 23, 2024


Appeals court upholds new trial ordered "in the interest of justice" in county bus death case
The widow of a man killed by a Milwaukee County Transit System bus as he crossed the street deserves a new trial in her civil case "in...
Apr 1, 2024


In Brief: Judge biased in sentencing driver who who killed two while fleeing gunman, appeal says
"In brief" posts are shorter looks at interesting appellate filings. There are simply too many worthy cases to cover in full and these...
Mar 27, 2024
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