Attorney John Bradley's Legal Cases

Criminal defense

County of Shawano v. Justin R. Buntrock

Nov 14, 2012

OUTCOME: Reversed and Remanded

A circuit judge, in a forfeiture case, defaulted the defendant for failure to appear under a local rule which required the accused's presence at trial, even when represented by an attorney. The Distri ... ct III Wisconsin Court of Appeals 2012AP995-97 (Nov. 14, 2012) overruled the circuit court judge and in favor of the defendant, pointing out that the local rule had been replaced, that it contravened Supreme Court Rules and that it also contravened the Wisconsin Constitution.

Criminal defense

State of Wisconsin v. Keith M. Kutska

N/A

OUTCOME: In briefing

On October 28, 1995, Keith Kutska and five co-defendants were convicted of the first-degree intentional homicide of Thomas Monfils. The trial court sentenced each of them to life in prison, subject to ... an early release eligibility date. The trial court denied Kutska’s motion for post-conviction relief on September 23, 1997. This Court affirmed Kutska’s conviction in its decision dated September 22, 1998. (App. 30) The federal district court denied Kutska’s habeas petition on April 1, 2002, and the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied his request for a certificate of appealability on October 29, 2002. On October 31, 2014, Kutska filed the instant post-conviction motion. Following motion submissions, an evidentiary hearing, and post-hearing briefing, the trial court denied the motion on January 12, 2016. Kutska filed this appeal on January 20, 2016.

John Bradley's Legal Cases (2)

County of Shawano v. Justin R. Buntrock

State of Wisconsin v. Keith M. Kutska