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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
Appeals court win for open records: Glendale must turn over licensee information
The mere possibility of identity theft is "insufficient to overcome the strong public interest in disclosure" of information about a...
Mar 6, 2024
Court of Appeals: State snoozes and snoozes and then loses in car theft case
A Milwaukee County judge's decision to dismiss a delinquency petition against an alleged car thief because the prosecutor repeatedly...
Feb 7, 2024
Judge stays JusticePoint contract cancellation pending appeal
The City of Milwaukee cannot cancel JusticePoint's contract while JusticePoint fights a Milwaukee County Circuit Court decision allowing...
Nov 6, 2023
Judge can't just guess at restitution amount, appeals panel rules
A Milwaukee County judge erred when he ordered a restitution amount without any evidence to back it up, the Court of Appeals ruled...
Oct 29, 2023
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