On June 30, 2021, the court of appeals ordered the publication of the following criminal law related decision: State v. Alijouwon T. Watkins, 2021 WI App 37 (events that happen after trial can’t be basis for newly-discovered evidence claim)… Read more
Published 2021
State v. Daniel J. Rejholec, 2021 WI App 45; case activity (including briefs) Police arrested Rejholec on suspicion of sexual assault of a minor. After receiving the Miranda admonitions, Rejholec agreed to speak with a detective. The interrogation was recorded on video. That video reveals the detective’s aggressive deployment of the so-called Reid technique: a… Read more
State v. M.D.M., 2021 WI App 42; case activity In 2014, the State filed petitions charging M.D.M., a juvenile, with multiple counts of delinquency. He was found incompetent but likely to regain, so the court suspended these cases. In 2016, the State filed a new petition charging M.D.M. with 1 count of delinquency. This time… Read more
State v. Chrystul D. Kizer, 2021 WI App 46, state’s petition for review granted 9/14/21, affirmed, 2022 WI 58; case activity (including briefs) The court of appeals gives the affirmative defense in § 939.46(1m) for victims of human trafficking and child sex trafficking its ordinary, common-sense meaning, and rejects the crabbed reading given the statute… Read more
On May 26, 2021, the court of appeals ordered the publication of the following criminal law related opinions: State v. Blong Simba Vang, 2021 WI App 28 (search of car of non-student in school parking lot was reasonable) State v. Kimberly Dale Crone, 2021 WI App 29 (cops may extend traffic stops to ask drivers… Read more
State v. Scott William Forrett, 2021 WI App 31, petition for review granted, 9/14/21, affirmed, 2022 WI 37; case activity (including briefs) Wisconsin permits a driver’s prior refusal to submit to a warrantless blood test as a criminal penalty enhancer for a subsequent OWI. In an open and shut opinion that is recommended for publication… Read more
On April 28, 2021, the court of appeals ordered publication of the following criminal law related decisions: State v. Patrick A. Keller, 2021 WI App 22 (Confrontation Clause doesn’t apply to statements of mandatory child abuse reporter) State v. Markell Hogan, 2021 WI App 24 (cop can testify as human trafficking expert)… Read more
State v. Blong Simba Vang, 2021 WI App 28; case activity (including briefs) The search of Vang’s car, which was parked on school property, was reasonable under the less stringent standard for searches of students established in New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 324 (1985), even though Vang wasn’t a student at the school. T.L.O. authorizes… Read more
