State v. Eric J. Joling, 2023AP1023-CR, 12/11/24, District II (recommended for publication); case activity Federal law prohibits subjecting social security disability insurance payments (SSDI) to “execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.” 42 U.S.C. § 407(a). In a decision recommended for publication, the Court of Appeals held that a circuit court may nevertheless use… Read more
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State v. Morris V. Seaton, 2021AP1399-CR, 11/6/24, District II (recommended for publication); case activity In a case confirming the changes wrought to other acts case law as a result of the codification of the greater latitude rule, COA reverses the circuit court’s order excluding evidence of a prior sexual assault Seaton was charged with third-degree… Read more
State v. Kayden Young, 2021AP1596-CR, 10/29/24, District III (recommended for publication); case activity In a case recommended for publication, the Court of Appeals reversed the circuit court’s order dismissing the charge against Kayden Young for failing to comply with the sex offender registration requirements. Where the circuit court did not require Young to register as… Read more
State v. N.K.B., 2023AP722-CR, 10/1/24, District I (recommended for publication); case activity N.K.B. (referred to as Naomi) was found incompetent to proceed on her criminal charges. The circuit court authorized involuntarily administering medication to Naomi because she was dangerous. Naomi argued on appeal that the circuit court did not have authority to authorize involuntarily medicating… Read more
In August and September, COA released a number of published decisions: In August, COA ordered the publication of two decisions relevant to our practice: State v. Jayden Adams, 2024 WI App 44 (holding that juvenile defendants entitled to all evidence the State intends to introduce at preliminary examination to establish probable cause of alleged jurisdictional… Read more
State v. J.D.B., 2023AP715-CR, 9/10/24, District I (recommended for publication); case activity In a recommended-for-publication decision, COA wholly endorses all of J.D.B.’s arguments requiring a high burden of proof when the State seeks an involuntary medication order in order to render a defendant competent to stand trial. Along the way, COA offers a bevy of… Read more
State v. Percy Antione Robinson, 2020AP1728-CR, 8/6/24, District I (recommended for publication); case activity In a published decision that criminal practitioners have been waiting on for years, COA holds that a CR-215 probable cause procedure used to satisfy the requirements of Riverside triggers the attachment of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. The facts in this… Read more
In May, June and July COA released a number of published decisions: In May, COA ordered the publication of four decisions relevant to our practice: State v. Raymand L. Vannieuwenhoven, 2024 WI App 27 (holding that police did not act unlawfully in using a “ruse” to obtain Vannieuwenhoven’s saliva for DNA analysis related to a… Read more
