State v. William Martin, 2011AP2168, District 1, 5/8/12 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); pro se; case activity; prior history: unpublished decision (2007AP1293-CR) Because the record conclusively demonstrated that Martin wasn’t entitled to relief, State v. Love, 2005 WI 116, ¶26, 284 Wis. 2d 111, 700 N.W.2d 62, the circuit court properly denied… Read more
A. Judicial bias
State v. Timothy D. Moseley, 2011AP892-CR, District 1, 5/1/12 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); for Moseley: Michael J. Steinle; case activity Moseley’s contention, that he qualified his written consent to search with an oral limitation, was rejected by the trial court as a matter of credibility; that finding of fact is now… Read more
State v. Dylan S. / Renee B., 2012 WI App 25 (recommended for publication); for Dylan S.: Devon M. Lee, SPD, Madison Appellate; case activity; for Renee B.: Susan E. Alesia, SPD, Madison Appellate; case activity Delinquency – Sanctions – Municipal Truancy After finding the juveniles in violation of first-offense truancy under the local municipal… Read more
State v. Kelvin L. Crenshaw, 2010AP1960-CR, District 1, 8/2/11 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); for Crenshaw: Joseph E. Redding; case activity Counsel wasn’t ineffective with respect to: failure to argue a theory of defense unsupported by the evidence; failure to introduce medical records asserted to show police bias in conducting the investigation; failure to… Read more
order denying motion for reconsideration of in: State v. Dimitri Henley, 2011 WI 67; for Henley: Keith A. Findley; case activity; additional history: 2010 WI 12 (memorandum decision, Roggensack, J.); court order (5/24/10) Henley’s motion to reconsider, though directed formally to the decision reversing grant of new trial, as a practical matter is directed to reconsideration… Read more
Walworth County DH&HS v. Roberta J. W., 2010AP2248, District 2, 6/22/11 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Roberta J.W.: Lora B. Cerone, SPD, Madison Appellate, case activity By his overweening involvement in the trial process, evincing his prejudgment of the case and asking “countless questions of the witnesses” – to an extent… Read more
State v. Calvin Jerome Pirtle, 2011 WI App 89(recommended for publication); for Pirtle: Christopher J. Cherella; case activity Consent to Search – Georgia v. Randolph Pirtle’s failure to object to the police presence allowed them to act on the co-tenant’s consent to a warrantless search under Georgia v. Randolph, 547 U.S. 103 (2006): ¶15 In… Read more
State v. Bryan Peter Leather, 2010AP354-CR, District 1, 4/5/11 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); for Leather: Rex Anderegg; case activity Leather argues he was entitled to call the prosecutor as a witness to testify about the complainant’s hearsay statements to her. The 6th amendment right to present a defense (confrontation and compulsory process)… Read more
