State v. Brian B. Burke, 2002 WI App 291, PFR filed 11/29/02 For Burke: Robert H. Friebert Issue/Holding: ¶4. First, as the trial court noted, we may not read our 1848 constitution using modern definitions and syntax. We are to examine: (1) The [nineteenth century] plain meaning of the words in the context used; (2)… Read more
Published 2002
State v. Peter G. Tkacz, 2002 WI App 281, PFR filed 11/14/02 For Tkacz: Mark S. Rosen Issue: Whether the prosecutor’s prior representation of the defendant in a civil forfeiture worked a disqualifying conflict of interest. Holding: The standard for analyzing the existence of a conflict of interest (raised before trial) in serial representation is the “substantial… Read more
State v. Jacob E. Herman, 2002 WI App 28, PFR filed 1/16/02 For Herman, Jack E. Schairer, Jefren E. Olsen, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶1 Jacob Herman appeals from the sentencing portion of a judgment convicting him of possession of THC contrary to WIS. STAT. § 961.41(3g)(e). The circuit court suspended Herman’s operating privilege for six months… Read more
State v. Dale H. Chu, 2002 WI App, PFR filed 4/23/02 For Chu: Andrew Shaw Issue/Holding: Counsel’s failure to retain an arson expert wasn’t deficient performance, where there was no indication the fire was anything other than arson, and defendant didn’t have sufficient funds to hire an expert. ¶¶50-52… Read more
State v. Anthony J. Randle, 2002 WI App 116, PFR filed 4/2/02 For Randle: Paul G. Bonneson Issue: Whether territorial jurisdiction, acquired over the charged offense, may be lost over a lesser offense whose elements do not include any committed within the state. Holding: ¶20 … Like criminal subject matter jurisdiction, once territorial jurisdiction attaches… Read more
State v. Trevor McKee, 2002 WI App 148, PFR filed 6/28/02 For McKee: Kenneth P. Casey, SPD, Jefferson Trial Issue/Holding: Drafters of § 939.71 intended to incorporate general principles of law of double jeopardy as then (1953) existed – which includes the “necessary facts” exception (prosecution of greater not barred by conviction of lesser offense where all… Read more
State v. Douglas J. Lasky, 2002 WI App 126, PFR filed 5/1 For Lasky: Eileen A. Hirsch, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: The elements of federal bank robbery, 18 USC § 2113(d), and state armed robbery, § 943.32(2), don’t exactly overlap, therefore conviction of former doesn’t bar prosecution of latter under § 939.71. ¶¶18-28… Read more
State v. James D. Miller, 2002 WI App 197, PFR filed 8/2/02 For Miller: Matthew H. Huppertz, Craig Kuhary, Daniel P. Fay Issue/Holding: A verdict form requiring the jury to find that the offense occurred between March 1, 1989, and November 28, 1992, adequately established a time period for the offense. And, by finding that the victim was… Read more
