Monthly Archives: March 2013

There are many criminal offenses in Wisconsin based on what should be a simple concept: Possession.  Everyone knows the quote, “Possession is 9/10ths the law.” But the quote ignores the real question: What constitutes possession and what doesn’t?  The answer […]

Sentencing is often the most important aspect of an Wisconsin criminal defendant’s experience in the criminal justice system.  However, the attention and diligence paid to this aspect of the system is often overlooked by criminal defense attorneys.  Realizing that even […]

Last month the issue of whether a nonconsensual blood draw requires a search warrant was addressed by the United State Supreme Court in Missouri v. McNeely, 569 U.S. __ (2013) (decided April 17, 2013).  The following is the Court’s holding: […]

Wisconsin law requires a driver who has been found guilty of an OWI/drunk driving offense (or found to have probably committed such an offense by a Department of Transportation administrative law judge) to have their driving privileges suspended or revoked […]

In 2010, Wisconsin’s First Judicial District released guidelines for OWI penalties for Milwaukee County drunk driving cases.  These guidelines differ from statutory minimum and maximum penalties as they are only meant to guide Milwaukee’s judges in their sentencing of OWI […]