Jackson County Dept. of Health & Human Services v. A.M.N., 2024AP1166, 7/10/25, District IV (ineligible for publication); case activity COA finds counsel’s performance deficient for failing to timely file affidavits opposing Jackson County’s motion for partial summary judgment regarding its petition to terminate A.M.N.’s parental rights. But A.M.N. was not prejudiced because there is no… Read more
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Washburn County v. D.C.R., 2024AP2443-FT, 7/8/25, District III (ineligible for publication); case activity While D.C.R. wins some minor victories in this appeal, ultimately COA rejects his sufficiency challenges and affirms. In this appeal from an order continuing a protective placement after an annual review, COA addresses two sufficiency challenges: Primary Need for Residential Care and… Read more
State of Wisconsin ex rel. Christopher P. Kawleski v. State, 2022AP1129, 7/3/25, District IV, (recommended for publication); case activity COA recommends publication in a case addressing how to calculate the maximum discharge date for a defendant sentenced to a bifurcated sentence on a felony between 1999 and 2003 upon release from reconfinement after extended supervision… Read more
Pierce County v. P.C.A., 2024AP1367, 7/1/25, District III (ineligible for publication); case activity While affirming the circuit court continuing a protective placement order under Chapter 55 after a due process hearing (known as a Watts hearing), the COA clarified that, following previous due process hearings, documentary evidence that was admitted, and testimony that was accepted… Read more
State v. C.J.L., 2024AP1917, 7/3/25, District IV (1-judge decision, ineligible for publication); case activity C.J.L. contests part of the restitution ordered in his juvenile case related to a theft and break in at a dance studio–restitution for a surveillance subscription purchased after the theft, and for damages to the studio’s dance floor. Because the juvenile… Read more
State v. Joan L. Stetzer, 2025 WI 34, 7/3/25, affirming an unpublished decision from COA; case activity Faced with a unique fact pattern arising from an OWI prosecution, SCOW interprets Wisconsin’s coercion defense and finds that Stetzer is unable to prevail, regardless of the clearly sympathetic facts presented. In a nutshell, the relevant facts in… Read more
State v. Carl L. McAdory, 2025 WI 30, 7/1/25, affirming an unpublished decision of COA; case activity A unanimous SCOW held that the circuit court had authority under Wis. Stat. 346.63(1)(c) to reinstate Carl McAdory’s conviction for operating a vehicle with a restricted controlled substance in his blood, which was dismissed when he was also… Read more
Josh Kaul, et al., v. Joel Urmanski, et al., 2025 WI 32, 7/2/25, on bypass from COA; case activity In a long-awaited decision, SCOW holds that a criminal statute forbidding abortion cannot be enforced under the doctrine of implied repeal. Under §940.04, performing an abortion is a felony. In response to SCOTUS’s decision overruling longstanding… Read more
