State v. Louis D. Thomas, 2004 WI App 115, PFR filed 6/17/04 For Thomas: Joseph L. Sommers Issue/Holding: Wis. Const. art. I, § 25 (“right to keep and bear arms”) did not effectively repeal § 941.29 (felon in possession). ¶¶7-12. Issue/Holding: § 941.29 is neither vague, ¶¶14-18, nor overbroad, ¶¶19-23. Issue/Holding: § 941.29 doesn’t violate… Read more
Published 2004
State v. Charles Chvala, 2004 WI App 53, affirmed, 2005 WI 30 For Chvala: James A. Olson, et. al, Lawton & Cates Holdings: Section 946.12(3), which proscribes exercising a discretionary power inconsistent with the duties of the defendant’s office (in this instance, a state legislator) is not vague. Though those “duties” aren’t identified in any… Read more
State v. John S. Provo, 2004 WI App 97, PFR filed 5/7/04 For Provo: William H. Gergen Issue/Holding: “… We hold that § 948.07 requires only that the defendant cause the child to go into any vehicle, building, room, or secluded place with the intent to engage in illicit conduct, but not that the child… Read more
State v. Walter Leutenegger, 2004 WI App 127 For Leutenegger: Bill Ginsberg Issue/Holding: ¶12. A warrantless home entry is presumptively unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. Richter, 235 Wis. 2d 524, ¶28. The government bears the burden of establishing that a warrantless entry into a home occurred pursuant to a recognized exception to the warrant requirement. See State v. Hughes… Read more
State v. Jack P. Lindgren, 2004 WI App 159, PFR filed 8/20/04 For Lindgren: Stephen M. Compton Issue: Whether the evidence was sufficient, on the element of possession, to sustain conviction for possessing child pornography, where the defense expert “testified that no evidence of any child pornography had been saved on Lindgren’s computer,” ¶23. Holding… Read more
State v. Robert A. Ragsdale, 2004 WI App 178, PFR filed 8/5/04For Ragsdale: Timothy T. Kay Issue/Holding: ¶14. Moreover, the questioning of the boy here presents a situation analogous to the safety exceptions set forth in New York v. Quarles, 467 U.S. 649, 654-60 (1984), and its progeny. Quarles set forth a public safety exception to the requirement for Mirandawarnings… Read more
State v. Christopher M. Repenshek, 2004 WI App 229, PFR filed 12/17/04 For Repenshek: Stephen E. Mays Issue/Holding: The test for probable cause is purely objective, so that the arresting officer’s intent to arrest for a crime that is in fact non-existent is irrelevant. Because in Repenshek’s instance probable cause to arrest indisputably existed, his arrest was… Read more
State v. Gregg A. Pfaff, 2004 WI App 31 For Pfaff: Rex Anderegg Issue/Holding: Probable cause to arrest for OWI upheld on following facts as found by trial court: ¶20. … Metzen’s decision not to perform field sobriety testing was reasonable in light of Pfaff’s injuries. Metzen is an experienced officer and has processed many defendants… Read more
