State v. Thomas Wenk, 2001 WI App 268, PFR filed 10/31/01 For Wenk: Michael K. Gould, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue: Whether trial court denial of a petition for conditional release from an NGI commitment was an erroneous exercise of discretion. Holding: Although the state expressed doubt that it had met its burden of proof, the trial… Read more
G. Sec. 971.17, NGI
State v. James H. Oswald, 2000 WI App 3, 232 Wis.2d 103, 606 N.W.2d 238 For Oswald: James L. Fullin, Jr., SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether the trial court improperly precluded Oswald from raising an NGI plea. Holding: ¶ 49. The decision whether to grant a defendant’s motion to change his or her plea from “not… Read more
State v. Alan Adin Randall, 222 Wis. 2d 53, 586 N.W.2d 318 (Ct. App. 1998) For Randall: Waring Fincke Issue/Holding: The trial court properly rejected requested instruction that the State must prove “a level of present danger which cannot be managed safely in the community under any set of reasonable conditions,” and instead properly gave an… Read more
State v. Alan Adin Randall, 222 Wis. 2d 53, 586 N.W.2d 318 (Ct. App. 1998) For Randall: Waring Fincke Issue/Holding: Randall proposed to ask the jury, “Is there any medical justification for the Petitioner’s continued confinement at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute or any other in-patient mental health facility?” The trial court, holding that the… Read more
State v. Alan Adin Randall, 222 Wis. 2d 53, 586 N.W.2d 318 (Ct. App. 1998) For Randall: Waring Fincke Issue/Holding: Evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s verdict that Randall not be released, based largely on the cicrcumstances of his crime… Read more