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Mastantuono Law Office was able to get a criminal charge against one of its clients thrown out of court this month in Waukesha County, due to police missteps in its handling of the investigation.

A preliminary report from the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV) revealed a dramatic spike in domestic violence homicides last year.

RACINE – A missing front license plate and baby shoes hanging from the rearview mirror were enough to warrant a traffic stop, a judge ruled Monday.

When a person is convicted of a felony in Wisconsin, a DNA sample is taken and stored in a state database.

Attorneys Craig Mastantuono and Rebecca Coffee discuss the changing State and Federal Constitutional interplay of criminal defendants’ right to counsel during formal criminal proceedings.

Mastantuono Law Office represents the homeowner related to the March 3, 2012 shooting in Slinger, Washington County, which is discussed in a Journal Sentinel article regarding the Washington County District Attorney’s decision not to charge our client criminally, issued today.

In this article, the Wisconsin State Bar discusses a potential new law in Wisconsin that would allow police to take DNA from a person who has been arrested for certain offenses.

Last month, there was a rally in Waukesha County supporting gun rights in Wisconsin; the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covered the event in an article here.

Craig Mastantuono spoke earlier this month at the Annual Conference of the Wisconsin State Public Defender on Wisconsin’s Castle Doctrine law

Mastantuono Law Office released the press statement below today, following a favorable decision in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirming the Burnett County Circuit Court’s dismissal of a homicide prosecution against one of our clients.