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Oct 16, 2024
The Roundup: Are "god complex" and "woke lunatic" defamatory? Plus, insurance companies and stolen data
Or interesting stuff we couldn't get to otherwise. Coming to you straight from the documents themselves! Brief of appellant Case no:...
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![In Brief: State joins defense in challenging special prosecutor appointment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_507f90af95094bb1808cf96731caeb20~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_507f90af95094bb1808cf96731caeb20~mv2.webp)
Oct 15, 2024
In Brief: State joins defense in challenging special prosecutor appointment
With no additional explanation, the circuit court also granted V1’s request for a special prosecutor.
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![News take: the arguments in the big SCOW election cases](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Sep 11, 2024
News take: the arguments in the big SCOW election cases
“It sounds to me like what you are trying to do is to introduce the fear that there is some sort of illegitimacy going on in the election."
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![In Brief: State appeals appellate ruling suppressing juvenile's statements](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Aug 29, 2024
In Brief: State appeals appellate ruling suppressing juvenile's statements
"The question is whether these accepted (interview) techniques become coercive if the defendant is under 18."
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![Judge erred in deciding youth was ambiguous in invoking right to remain silent, appeals court rules](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_238,h_238,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.webp)
Aug 26, 2024
Judge erred in deciding youth was ambiguous in invoking right to remain silent, appeals court rules
"When he asked whether he can return to his pod, it was in a tone which suggested he was musing about the possibility."
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Aug 13, 2024
In Brief: A less harmful meth and the state's burden of proof
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![The Roundup for Aug. 2, 2024: a divorce dilemma](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Aug 5, 2024
The Roundup for Aug. 2, 2024: a divorce dilemma
More problematic is when a court guesses when a payor will retire and ending maintenance at that point.
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Jul 26, 2024
In brief: challenging the appointment of a special prosecutor
Five of the paragraphs say that “[t]here have been allegations made.”
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![The Roundup from July 23, 2024: state appeals order for new trial in sexual assault case](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.webp)
Jul 24, 2024
The Roundup from July 23, 2024: state appeals order for new trial in sexual assault case
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Jul 2, 2024
In brief: the too-long arm of a game warden?
The case: State v John R. Phelan Case no.: 24AP777 Filed in: District IV, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Circuit Judge: W. Andrew Voigt,...
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Jun 25, 2024
The Roundup from June 24, 2024
Or interesting stuff we couldn't get to otherwise. Coming to you straight from the documents themselves! Brief of appellant Case...
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![Bully-boy police tactics get bulldozed by Court of Appeals](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.webp)
Apr 29, 2024
Bully-boy police tactics get bulldozed by Court of Appeals
Repeated threats by police to arrest a woman who refused permission to search her house, police refusal to allow her to go inside where her
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![Summary: Challenging Covid-era trial delays](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_238,h_238,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.webp)
Mar 13, 2024
Summary: Challenging Covid-era trial delays
Even shorter than the case "briefs" I've been posting, these summaries - lifted straight from appeals documents - allow me to cover even...
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Dec 27, 2023
Appeals court OKs release of records identifying people who can't vote due to incompetency
Court records identifying people found illegible to vote due to mental incompetency are public records and should be released to the...
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