Blogs | Wisconsin Law Journal - WI Legal News & Resources https://wislawjournal.com Wisconsin Legal News & Resources Fri, 18 May 2018 16:17:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://wislawjournal.com/files/2023/07/WLJ_favicon_32x32.png Blogs | Wisconsin Law Journal - WI Legal News & Resources https://wislawjournal.com 32 32 Wisconsin Law Journal - WI Legal News & Resourceshttp://wislawjournal.com/files/2016/01/wlj-transparent.pnghttps://wislawjournal.com BENCH BLOG: Cumulative evidence and a new form of recantation https://wislawjournal.com/2018/05/16/bench-blog-cumulative-evidence-and-a-new-form-of-recantation/ Wed, 16 May 2018 14:01:51 +0000 https://wljprod.wpengine.com/?p=146037 In State v. McAlister a majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court struggled to appropriately define cumulative evidence and introduces a contrived definition of recantation.

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]]> ON MEDIATION: Mediation statements: Don’t just do them, give them to the right person https://wislawjournal.com/2017/09/27/on-mediation-mediation-statements-dont-just-do-them-give-them-to-the-right-person/ Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:57:37 +0000 https://wljprod.wpengine.com/?p=137469 Preparing a mediation statement gives you an opportunity to take a serious look at your case and at your opponent’s case.

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]]> BENCH BLOG: Court finds tip from social media is same as from citizen informant https://wislawjournal.com/2017/09/07/bench-blog-court-finds-tip-from-social-media-is-same-as-from-citizen-informant/ Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:39:54 +0000 https://wljprod.wpengine.com/?p=136413 Is a tip to law enforcement from Tumblr.com equivalent to a tip from an anonymous police informant or a tip from an identified citizen informant?

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]]> CRITIC’S CORNER: ‘Mistakes were made’: A reply to Michael Griesbach https://wislawjournal.com/2017/06/26/critics-corner-mistakes-were-made-a-reply-to-michael-griesbach/ https://wislawjournal.com/2017/06/26/critics-corner-mistakes-were-made-a-reply-to-michael-griesbach/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:09:48 +0000 https://wljprod.wpengine.com/?p=133893 Wisconsin prosecutor Michael Griesbach recently wrote, “To be sure, mistakes were made in the Avery case.”

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]]> https://wislawjournal.com/2017/06/26/critics-corner-mistakes-were-made-a-reply-to-michael-griesbach/feed/ 8 BENCH BLOG: On this much they agree: DOJ database seriously flawed https://wislawjournal.com/2017/06/20/on-this-much-they-agree-doj-database-seriously-flawed/ Tue, 20 Jun 2017 16:59:54 +0000 https://wljprod.wpengine.com/?p=133564 Read the case of Teague v. Schimel at your peril.

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]]> BENCH BLOG: Client behavior: Enough to draw a tier https://wislawjournal.com/2017/05/30/bench-blog-client-behavior-enough-to-draw-a-tier/ Tue, 30 May 2017 15:11:03 +0000 https://wljprod.wpengine.com/?p=132465 The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently reaffirmed its two-tiered framework for loss of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. It overruled another case requiring a finding of intentionality and once again declined to mandate warnings to a defendant before forfeiture.

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]]> BENCH BLOG: Accrual of a legal malpractice claim https://wislawjournal.com/2017/05/22/bench-blog-accrual-of-a-legal-malpractice-claim/ Mon, 22 May 2017 19:06:58 +0000 https://wljprod.wpengine.com/?p=132311 The Court of Appeals took the opportunity to again offer instruction regarding when a tort claim accrues for purposes of the statute of limitations.

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]]> CRITIC’S CORNER: Critical omissions in ‘Making a Murderer’? https://wislawjournal.com/2017/05/10/critics-corner-critical-omissions-in-making-a-murderer/ https://wislawjournal.com/2017/05/10/critics-corner-critical-omissions-in-making-a-murderer/#comments Wed, 10 May 2017 20:11:11 +0000 https://wljprod.wpengine.com/?p=131978 Whenever I write a motion or a brief on behalf of a client, it inevitably requires that I quote language from a published case, the criminal complaint, or some other document.

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]]> https://wislawjournal.com/2017/05/10/critics-corner-critical-omissions-in-making-a-murderer/feed/ 3 BENCH BLOG: Officer’s question to suspect a lesson for deposition preparation https://wislawjournal.com/2017/05/02/bench-blog-officers-question-to-suspect-a-lesson-for-deposition-preparation/ Tue, 02 May 2017 15:49:50 +0000 https://wljprod.wpengine.com/?p=131477 A police officer’s question to a suspect led the Wisconsin Supreme Court on a 42-page exploration of the constitutional consequences recently. State v. Harris tells the tale.

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]]> BENCH BLOG: Judge and juror https://wislawjournal.com/2017/03/27/bench-blog-judge-and-juror/ Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:06:16 +0000 https://wljprod.wpengine.com/?p=130012 A recent jury summons prompted to me to think about judges being called to jury service.

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