State v. Shawn D. Schulpius, 2006 WI 1, affirming, 2004 WI App 39 For Schulpius: Ellen Henak, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue/Holding1: Failure to place Schulpius on court-ordered supervised release did not “shock the conscience,” hence did not violate substantive due process, where the failure occurred despite good-faith, substantial efforts to comply with the order, ¶31… Read more
H. Ch. 980, SVPs
State v. Shawn D. Schulpius, 2006 WI 1, affirming, 2004 WI App 39 For Schulpius: Ellen Henak, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue/Holding: An order granting the State’s motion to reconsider an SVP’s supervised release was final and appealable: ¶26 We disagree with Schulpius’s characterization of the November 2000 order. Even though the circuit court did not… Read more
State v. Terry L. Olson, 2006 WI App 32, PFR filed 3/16 For Olson: Melinda A. Swartz, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue: Whether ch. 980 is unconstitutional because the SVP definition of “dangerousness” is not linked to imminent risk. Holding: ¶5 We deem Olson’s reliance on Lessard misplaced. In 2002, our own supreme court considered a challenge to Wis. Stat. ch. 51… Read more
State v. Robert L. Kruse, 2006 WI App 179, PFR filed 9/11/06 For Kruse: Donald T. Lang, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding1: ¶2 We agree with Kruse that at a probable cause hearing under Wis. Stat. §980.09(2)(a), the role of the circuit court is to determine whether there is plausible testimony or evidence that, if believed… Read more
State v. Christopher L. Combs, 2006 WI App 137, PFR filed, 7/20/06 For Combs: Steven D. Phillips, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether, on a petition for discharge of an SVP commitment, § 980.09(2)(b), the trial court can refuse to hold a hearing where, although the court-appointed expert concludes that the person was not sufficiently predisposed… Read more
State v. Deryl B. Beyer, 2006 WI 2, on certification; prior history: 2001 WI App 167, cert. denied, Beyer v. Wisconsin, 537 U.S. 1210 (2003) For Beyer: Donald T. Lang, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue1: Whether due process was violated by delay of over 22 months between the time the first annual periodic examination report was… Read more
State v. Jonathan Bell, 2006 WI App 30 For Bell: Leonard D. Kachinsky Issue: Whether intervention of the local prosecutor to obtain a second DOC evaluation, which resulted in a referral for SVP commitment after the first DOC evaluation determined insufficient likelihood of reoffending, violated ch. 980 or due process. Holding: ¶11 Our supreme court… Read more
State v. Richard A. Brown, 2005 WI 29, reversing 2004 WI App 33, 269 Wis. 2d 750, 767 N.W.2d 555 For Brown: Steven P. Weiss, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶8. The issue presented by the parties in the instant case is whether a circuit court’s denial of a chapter 980 petition for supervised release should be classified… Read more
