State v. Mark A. Jaramillo, 2009 WI App 39 For Jaramillo: Margaret A. Maroney, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether the trial court must conduct a colloquy before a defendant testifies to determine whether waiver of the right not to testify is knowing and voluntary. Holding: ¶16 We have previously noted that we do “not possess any supervisory authority… Read more
13. Due Process
State v. Janet A. Conner, 2009 WI App 143, PFR filed 9/28/09 For Conner: J. Steven House Issue/Holding: An information alleging the elements of stalking, § 940.32(2m)(b), but not the acts allegedly establishing the “course of conduct,” provided adequate notice of the charge; court rejecting argument that Connor deprived of notice of “time frame in which the… Read more
State v. Carmen L. Doss, 2008 WI 93, reversing 2007 WI App 208 For Doss: Robert R. Henak Issue/Holding: Closing argument remarks addressed to Doss’s failure to explain missing funds did not amount to a comment on her failure to testify: ¶81 … [F]or a prosecutor’s comment to constitute an improper reference to a defendant’s… Read more
State v. Jonathan W. Nawrocki, 2008 WI App 23 For Nawrocki: Scott D. Obernberger Issue/Holding: ¶2 The issue presented in this case is whether a showup identification is necessary, thus meeting the first test of admissibility under Dubose, when probable cause exists to justify an arrest of a suspect, but it does not exist on the… Read more
State v. Jonathan W. Nawrocki, 2008 WI App 23 For Nawrocki: Scott D. Obernberger Issue/Holding: ¶29 Having concluded that the showup identifications of Nawrocki were not necessary and therefore should have been suppressed, we next must address whether Albert’s and/or Gerhardt’s in-court identifications of Nawrocki were based on an independent source that was untainted by… Read more
State v. Kevin M. Champlain, 2008 WI App 5, (AG’s) PFR filed 1/4/08 For Champlain: Martha K. Askins, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: Once it became aware that the jail administrator was requiring that the defendant wear an armband taser device during the jury trial, the court, “the trial court had an affirmative, sua sponte duty to inquire… Read more
State v. Sherry L. Schultz, 2007 WI App 257; prior history: State v. Scott R. Jensen, 2004 WI App 89, affirmed, 2005 WI 31 For Schultz: Stephen L. Morgan, Jennifer M. Krueger Issue/Holding: Jury instructions on the elements of duty and intent under § 946.12(3) created mandatory conclusive presumptions: ¶10 Schultz contends that the following… Read more
State v. Ryan W. Drew, 2007 WI App 213, PFR filed 9/27/07 For Drew: Steven Zaleski Issue/Holding: Analysis of admissibility of photo array ID remains unchanged by the new standard for show-ups set by State v. Tyrone L. Dubose, 2005 WI 126: ¶2 We conclude that Dubose did not alter the standard for determining whether admission of an… Read more