State v. Cortez Ramon Brooks, I, 2010AP2454-CR, District 1, 1/10/12 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); for Brooks: Ann T. Bowe; case activity The trial court immediately struck non-responsive testimony of a jailhouse informant that Brooks had admitted to “multiple homicides.” Denial of a subsequent motion for mistrial based on this testimony is… Read more
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State v. Demian Hyden McDermott, 2012 WI App 14 (recommended for publication); for McDermott: Robert R. Henak, Amelia L. Bizzaro; case activity ¶9 n. 2: McDermott complains that the circuit court “erroneously exercised its discretion by its wholesale adoption of the State’s brief as its decision.” (Most capitalization omitted.) The sum total of the circuit court’s analysis in denying McDermott’s… Read more
State v. Demian Hyden McDermott, 2012 WI App 14 (recommended for publication); for McDermott: Robert R. Henak, Amelia L. Bizzaro; case activity Sentencing Review – New Factor – Assistance to Law Enforcement McDermott, convicted in 1991 of first-degree intentional homicide, ptac with a parole eligibility date of 35 years, seeks new-factor-based modification of his PED on… Read more
Question Presented: Whether a dog sniff at the front door of a suspected grow house by a trained narcotics detection dog is a Fourth Amendment search requiring probable cause? Scotusblog Page Florida supreme court decision, State v. Jardines (4/14/11) Coverage by Lyle Denniston, Orin Kerr (“fun stuff for Fourth Amendment nerds”), Kent Scheidegger (“This is solid police… Read more
Make your vote count! Prosecutors behaving badly. (Call us vote-rigging provincials, but we’re partial to the Badger state nominee, Grant County DA Lisa Riniker, UW 2000, who wants a 6-year-old held subject to sex offender registration for “playing doctor.” Residency restrictions for this 6-year-old? Deterrence at work. We have too many doctors, anyway.) Cliff Gardner “says there… Read more
court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); pro se; case activity Plea Withdrawal – Nelson/Bentley Hearing – Exculpatory Evidence Ardell wasn’t entitled to a hearing on his postconviction plea-withdrawal motion premised on alleged suppression of exculpatory evidence. The court holds that, even assuming that the State did withhold exculpatory evidence, the motion failed to… Read more
State v. Anrietta M. Geske, 2012 WI App 15 (recommended for publication); for Geske: Jefren E. Olsen, SPD, Madison Appellate; case activity Sufficiency of Proof – “Utter Disregard” Element (Reckless Homicide, § 940.02(1)) Evidence held sufficient to support reckless homicide element of utter disregard of human life, where deaths resulted from high-speed automobile collision after… Read more
State v. Jerome Mark Panick, Jr., 2011AP1107-CR, District 3, 1/4/12 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Panick: Paul G. LaZotte, SPD, Madison Appellate; case activity The court rejects Panick’s argument that he “substantially complied” with IAD requirements for demanding a speedy trial on a detainer as set forth in § 976.05(3)(b). (Panick… Read more
