Weekly Case Digests February 21, 2022 - February 25, 2022.

• Author: Hawkins, Derek
• Position: Mark Anderson v. Deanna Brookhart

Byline: Derek Hawkins

7th Circuit Digests

7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Mark Anderson v. Deanna Brookhart

Case No.: 20-3330

Officials: KANNE, BRENNAN, and KIRSCH, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Habeas Relief Sufficiency of Evidence

An Illinois jury found Mark Anderson guilty of murdering one man outside a Chicago sandwich shop and shooting at another who had fled. Anderson seeks habeas relief, arguing that the jury lacked sufficient evidence to convict him of shooting towards the man who had fled and that the Illinois Appellate Court unreasonably applied Supreme Court precedent in ruling otherwise. Because the Illinois Appellate Court reasonably applied Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), in upholding Anderson's conviction, we affirm the denial of habeas relief.

Affirmed

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WI Court of Appeals Digests

WI Court of Appeals District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Darryl Clarence Agnew

Case No.: 2021AP296-CR

Officials: Donald, P.J., Dugan and White, JJ.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Darryl Clarence Agnew appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of possession of between one and five grams of cocaine, with the intent to deliver, as a second or subsequent offense. Agnew also appeals from the order denying his postconviction motion for relief. Agnew contends that his trial attorneys were ineffective for failing to move to disclose the identities of the two confidential informants whose statements were included in a search warrant affidavit. We affirm.

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WI Court of Appeals District IV

Case Name: Portage County v. C.K.S.,

Case No.: 2021AP1291-FT

Officials: Sheila T. Reiff Clerk of Court of Appeals

Focus: Order Correcting Opinion

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a correction has been made to the circuit court judge in the appeal line. A corrected electronic version in its entirety is available on the court's website at www.wicourts.gov.

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WI Court of Appeals District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Terrence T. Whitaker

Case No.: 2020AP484

Officials: Gundrum, P.J., Neubauer and Reilly, JJ.

Focus: Evidentiary Hearing

Terrence T. Whitaker appeals pro se from a circuit court order denying his WIS. STAT. 974.06 (2019-20) motion without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

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WI Court of Appeals District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Nakyta V.T. Chentis

Case No.: 2020AP1699-CR

Officials: Gundrum, P.J., Neubauer and Grogan, JJ.

Focus: Plea Withdrawal Sufficiency of Evidence

Nakyta V.T. Chentis appeals from a judgment of conviction for possession of a narcotic drug and an order denying his postconviction motion seeking plea withdrawal. He argues that because the State could prove he possessed only a trace amount of heroin, his conviction is prohibited under Kabat v. State, 76 Wis. 2d 224, 251 N.W.2d 38 (1977), based on lack of knowledge that the substance he possessed was a narcotic drug. Accordingly...