A. Multiplicity

State v. Kevin S. Meehan, 2001 WI App 119 For Meehan: Pamela Moorshead, Buting & Williams Issue: Whether charges of completed and attempted sexual assault of the same victim were multiplicitous. Holding: ¶34. The nature of the two acts was different because the attempted sexual assault was foiled by the victim’s resistance. There was some… Read more

State v. William Koller, 2001 WI App 253, PFR filed For Koller: Peter M. Koneazny, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue: Whether distinct types of sexual assault (mouth-vagina and penis-vagina) necessarily support distinct counts. Holding: ¶59     There is another reason Koller’s second multiplicity challenge fails.  This second claim is directed primarily at the relationship between Count 4… Read more

State v. William J. Church, 2000 WI 90, 223 Wis. 2d 641, 589 N.W.2d 638, dismissing review as improvidently granted, thereby affirming State v. Church , 223 Wis. 2d 641, 589 N.W.2d 638 (Ct. App. 1998) For Church: James L. Fullin, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether the child enticement statute, § 948.07, supports multiple charges and punishments based… Read more

State v. David J. Cleveland, 2000 WI App 142, 237 Wis. 2d 558, 614 N.W.2d 543 For Cleveland: Suzanne L. Hagopian, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether multiple sexual assault counts arising during a single incident violated double jeopardy. Holding: Though the offenses weren’t separated in time, each required separate volitional acts and were therefore significantly… Read more

State v. Gabriel Derango, 2000 WI 89, 236 Wis. 2d 721, 613 N.W.2d 833, affirming State v. DeRango 229 Wis. 2d 1, 599 N.W.2d 27 For Derango: Robert G. LeBell Issue: Whether conviction for both attempted child sexual exploitation and child enticement as a result of a single act is multiplicitous. Holding: The two offenses are elementally distinct… Read more

State v. Jamerrel Everett, 231 Wis.2d 616, 605 N.W.2d 633 (Ct. App. 1999) For Everett: Timothy T. Kay; Michael Patrick Cotter Issue: Whether the prosecution constituted double jeopardy because the defendant had been disciplined for the same conduct by the juvenile institution. Holding: Although prison discipline may carry punitive aspects, its principal purposes are institutional… Read more

State v. Roger L. Warren, 229 Wis. 2d 172, 599 N.W.2d 431 (Ct. App. 1999) For Warren: Daniel F. Snyder Holding: Warren’s perjured testimony at a single hearing dealing with a single general subject supports multiple perjury counts, because each charge dealt with different perjured details and is therefore “different in fact” if not law… Read more