State v. Jason K. Van Buren, 2008 WI App 26, PFR filed 1/23/08 For Van Buren: Waring R. Fincke Issue/Holding: Possession of child pornography, § 948.12(1m), requires depiction of real, as opposed to “virtual,” children: ¶6 … Wisconsin Stat. § 948.12(1m) (2005-06) [1] criminalizes the knowing possession of any “photograph … of a child engaging in… Read more
Published 2008
State v. Jason K. Van Buren, 2008 WI App 26, PFR filed 1/23/08 For Van Buren: Waring R. Fincke Issue/Holding: Counsel’s failure to request a specific unanimity instruction with respect to juror agreement on which of the identified pictures was both harmful and shown to the victim was not prejudicial: ¶22 We reject this claim… Read more
State v. Tanya L. Marten-Hoye, 2008 WI App 19, (AG’s) PFR filed 2/20/08; prior history: Certification, rejected 9/10/07 For Marten-Hoye: Lora B. Cerone, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶31 Wisconsin Stat. § 947.01 prohibits “violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud or otherwise disorderly conduct under circumstances in which the conduct tends to cause or provoke a disturbance.” Ben-Ami observed… Read more
State v. Tanya L. Marten-Hoye, 2008 WI App 19, (AG’s) PFR filed 2/20/08; prior history: Certification, rejected 9/10/07 For Marten-Hoye: Lora B. Cerone, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: Where the officer handcuffed the defendant and told her she was under arrest for an ordinance violation, but also told her that she would “be released if she continued to be cooperative,”… Read more
State v. Jermichael James Carroll, 2008 WI App 161, affirmed, other grounds, 2010 WI 8 For Carroll: Michael K. Gould, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue/Holding: The police may, incident to lawful arrest for drug use, answer an incoming call on the arrestee’s cell phone, ¶¶27-29. Note that supreme court affirmed on different grounds, namely the exigent-circumstances need to preserve… Read more
State v. Jermichael James Carroll, 2008 WI App 161, affirmed on other grounds, 2010 WI 8 For Carroll: Michael K. Gould, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶26 While a person is not necessarily under arrest just because the officers display their weapons and place the individual in a squad car, those facts can support a determination that an… Read more
State v. Eric Dwayne Rogers, 2008 WI App 176, PFR filed 12/12/08 For Rogers: Mark D. Richards Issue/Holding: Although warrantless entry of and remaining in a home while a warrant was prepared was illegal, the warrant wasn’t based on any information turned up by this illegality and evidence seized during its execution was therefore admissible: ¶21 Still… Read more
State v. Eric Dwayne Rogers, 2008 WI App 176, PFR filed 12/12/08 For Rogers: Mark D. Richards Issue/Holding: Warrantless entry of Rogers’ home, following seizure of contraband from his car, was unlawful: ¶19 In this case, the police entered Rogers’ residence after seizing contraband from his car and person and then seeing Rogers’ brother and others at… Read more
