Part 21 (2007/055): Additions, 1992-1995
Physical Description: 3.0 cubic feet (2 records center cartons and 3 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Records, 1992-1995, concerning two related cases of first degree intentional homicide: Wisconsin v. LaShonda Mayhill and Wisconsin v. Vernon L. Walker. Convictions in both of these cases were appealed separately based on alleged misconduct of their attorneys. The Walker decision was upheld; the Mayhill decision, for which she had received a life sentence, was reversed and remanded to Kenosha County Circuit Court. Ultimately, Mayhill pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The two cases are documented by extensive transcripts of the Kenosha County Circuit Court trials and by appeals court pleadings. The involvement of the Department of Justice, which occurred solely in the Mayhill case, is documented by petitions, background memoranda, and notes for an appeal to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The appendix to Mayhill's Appeals Court brief in Box 5 includes a post conviction investigation of Mayhill, a single mother.

Kenosha County Circuit Court transcriptions

Kenosha County Circuit Court transcriptions (continued)

Appeals Court correspondence and pleadings, Wisconsin v. Walker

Supreme Court pleadings, Wisconsin v. Walker

Notes

Appeals Court pleadings, Wisconsin v. Mayhall, 1995

Appendix of Defendant-appellant, 1993

Supreme Court, Wisconsin v. Mayhall

Petitions for review, 1995

DOJ (Department of Justice) working file