On March 30, 2022, the court of appeals ordered publication of the following criminal law related decisions: State v. Shane Allan Stroik, 2022 WI App 11 (trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate witness’s prior false allegation). State v. Jere J. Meddaugh, 2022 WI App 12 (police lacked reasonable suspicion to stop bicyclist riding… Read more
B. Published opinions
State v. Eric D. Bourgeois, 2022 WI App 18; case activity (including briefs) Police went looking for Bourgeois at a hotel because he might have been in possession of stolen handgun, he had PTSD, and he had a drug problem. At 2:00 a.m., despite a “do not disturb” sign, 3 officers tried to enter his… Read more
Victor Ortiz, Jr. v. Kevin A. Carr, 2022 WI App 16; case activity (including briefs) Attorneys Jason Luczak and Jorge Fragoso of Gimbel, Reilly, Geurin & Brown generously took this case pro bono. And now Jorge offers this guest post on their defense win: Prison inmate (and hero to institutionalized persons) Victor Ortiz filed a… Read more
State v. Shane Allan Stroik, 2022 WI App 11; case activity (including briefs) A jury convicted Stroik of the sexual assault of a then-five-year old girl, “Amy,” the daughter of his girlfriend. Postconviction, Stroik brought a slew of claims for a new trial; the circuit court rejected them all. The court of appeals now holds… Read more
State v. Jere J. Meddaugh, 2022 WI App 12; case activity (including briefs) Wearing black clothing and riding a bicycle across publicly accessible school grounds in the middle of the night while a Safer at Home order is in effect does not constitute reasonable suspicion that a crime is being committed. So says the court… Read more
On January 27, 2022, the court of appeals ordered the publication of the following criminal law related decision: State v. Nakyta V.T. Chentis, 2022 WI App 4 (knowing possession of heroin could be imputed from needle tracks and paraphernalia possession)… Read more
On December 27, 2021, the court of appeals ordered publication of the following criminal law related decisions: State v. Laverne Ware, Jr., 2021 WI App 83 (emergency aid exception justified entry into garage where corpse was found) State v. Alex Scott Stone, 2021 WI App 84 (restitution award twice the value of the victim’s property… Read more
State v. Carl Lee McAdory, 2021 WI App 89; case activity (including briefs) McAdory was charged with driving with a detectable amount of restricted controlled substances—cocaine and THC—and driving under the influence of those substances. At trial, the state convinced the trial judge to modify the standard jury instruction for the latter charge, Wis. J.I.—Criminal… Read more
