State v. Rick R. Rome, 2000 WI App 243, 239 Wis.2d 491, 620 N.W.2d 225 For Rome: William E. Schmaal, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: Police entry into a home and subsequent seizure of drugs in a closet was justified under the emergency doctrine: ¶12 In State v. Pires, 55 Wis. 2d 597, 201 N.W.2d 153 (1972)… Read more
Published 2000
State v. Walter Horngren, 2000 WI App 177, 238 Wis.2d 347, 617 N.W.2d 508 For Horngren: James M. Weber Issue/Holding1: ¶10 Horngren contends that the police entry, in response to a suicide threat, was made pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.15, “Emergency detention.” Therefore, he argues that the entry occurred while the officers were “engaging… Read more
State v. Dennis E. Scott, 2000 WI App 51, 234 Wis. 2d 129, 608 N.W.2d 753 For Scott: Joseph E. Redding Issue: Whether the evidence was sufficient to support conviction for burglary/theft. Holding: Evidence that defendant’s fingerprint was found on the “dock station” from which a lap-top was stolen from an office that sold only… Read more
State v. Jerome G. Semrau, 2000 WI App 54, 233 Wis. 2d 508, 608 N.W.2d 376 For Semrau: John D. Lubarsky, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether the commission of felony bail jumping, by entering the complainant’s home in violation of bond conditions, supports burglary-entry of dwelling with intent to commit felony. Holding: The underlying felony… Read more
State v. Scot A. Czarnecki, 2000 WI App 155, 237 Wis.2d 794, 615 N.W.2d 672 For Czarnecki: Patrick M. Donnelly, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether use of an assumed name in endorsing a check may subject the endorser to forgery charge. Holding: ¶7 In further support of his challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence… Read more
State v. Peter J. Schaab, 2000 WI App 204, 238 Wis. 2d 598, 617 N.W.2d 872 For Schaab: Michael G. Artery Issue: Whether the evidence supported bindover on bail jumping, where the allegedly violated bond condition allowed Schaab to have “incidental contact at work” with an individual, and Schaab was seen talking to the individual at… Read more
State v. Joel L. Ritchie, 2000 WI App 136, 237 Wis.2d 664, 614 N.W.2d 837 For Ritchie: Stephen G. Bauer Holding: Various informants were sufficiently reliable to support probable cause: though they weren’t expressly identified as citizen informants, they wree not suspects but, rather, “were ordinary persons who answered questions and provided information in response to… Read more
State v. Antonion Blanco, Nora M. Al-Shammari, 2000 WI App 119, 237 Wis.2d 395, 614 N.W.2d 512 For Blanco: Michael P. Jakus Issue: Whether the police were justified, under “protective sweep” rationale, to search a crawl space in a bathroom ceiling. Holding: Though narrowly confined to cursory inspection of places where a person might be hiding… Read more
