State v. Christopher L. Gee, 2019 WI App 31; case activity (including briefs) Christopher Gee was accused of sexually assaulting two women at knifepoint; one of the women had come to Gee’s apartment building because someone there had agreed to pay her for sex. He admitted to police that he’d had sex with this second… Read more
B. Published opinions
State v. Sean R. Wolfe and State v. Donald Ray Ward, 2019 WI App 32; case activity here and here . ¶1 We hold that under established principles of finality, when a circuit court denies a RULE 809.30 postconviction motion in part and grants the motion in part such that further proceedings are required, an appeal cannot… Read more
On April 24, 2019, the court of appeals ordered the publication of the following decisions: Winnebago County v. C.S., 2019 WI App 16 (involuntary medication of committed prisoners) Brown County Human Services v. B.P. & T.F., 2019 WI App 18 (requirements for pleading “abandonment” under § 48.415; summary judgment reversed)… Read more
State v. Mose B. Coffee, 2019 WI App 25; affirmed 6/5/20; case activity (including briefs) This published decision should make for an interesting petition for review. The court of appeals rejects a prior unpublished opinion, State v. Hinderman, to hold: ¶13 . . . [W]hen an officer lawfully arrests a driver for OWI, even if… Read more
State v. Michael J. Scott, et al., 2019 WI App 22; case activity (including briefs) Applying long-standing U.S. Supreme Court precedent, the court of appeals holds that the exclusionary rule can be used to defend against a civil forfeiture complaint filed by the state. But it also holds the state should have a shot at… Read more
On March 27, 2019, the court of appeals ordered the publication of the following criminal law related cases: Timothy W. Miller v. Angela L. Carroll, 2019 WI App 10 (judge’s acceptance of litigant’s Facebook “friend” request created appearance of bias) State v. Kelly James Kloss, 2019 WI App 13 (Defense win on soliciting reckless injury… Read more
Winnebago County v. C.S., 2019 WI App 16, petition for review granted, 8/19/19; case activity C.S., a mentally ill prisoner committed pursuant to §51.20(1)(ar), challenged the constitutionality of §51.61(1)(g) on its face and as applied because it allowed the government to medicate him against his will without finding him dangerous first. In a published decision… Read more
Brown County Human Services v. B.P and T.F., 2019 WI App 18; case activity T.F. argued that when the Department seeks to terminate parental rights on the grounds of abandonment in a case where the child is out of the home and a CHIPS order is in place, it must proceed under §48.415(1)(a)2., rather than (a)3… Read more
