State v. Dwain M. Staten, 2011AP916-CR, District 1, 5/8/12 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); for Staten: Michael J. Steinle; case activity Postconviction DNA Testing, § 974.07 Postconviction testing at state expense requires, among other things, that the defendant show a reasonable probability he wouldn’t have been prosecuted or convicted with exculpatory test results. Staten… Read more
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State v. Thaying Lor, 2011AP2019-CR, District 1, 5/1/12 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); for Lor: Benjamin F. Gallagher; case activity Effective Assistance of Counsel Counsel did not provide ineffective representation in the following respects: Failure to timely file motion seeking admission of complainant’s prior untruthful allegation of sexual assault. However, Lor did… Read more
State v. Scott P. Wojcik, 2011AP2568-CR, District 2, 3/21/12 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Wojcik: Christopher Lee Wiesmueller; case activity 90-day jail sentence for OWI-2nd (minimum 0f 5 days, maximum of 6 months) upheld as proper exercise of discretion. Trial court considered as aggravators recentness of prior OWI conviction (2008) and his seeming level… Read more
State v. Matthew R. Steffes, 2012 WI App 47 (recommended for publication), petition for review granted, 10/16/12; for Steffes: Jeffrey W. Jensen; case activity Conspiracy to Commit Theft by Fraud, §§ 939.31, 943.20(1)(d) – Sufficiency of Evidence Evidence held sufficient to sustain Steffes’ conviction for conspiracy to commit theft by fraud, based on his participation in… Read more
State v. Anthony C. Boyden, 2012 WI App 38 (recommended for publication); for Boyden: Rex Anderegg; case activity Information provided by Boyden before his sentencing, which didn’t bear fruit until much later, supported a new factor-based request for sentence modification. State v. Doe, 2005 WI App 68, 280 Wis. 2d 731, 697 N.W.2d 101, followed. ¶14 Boyden’s… Read more
State v. Frederick W. Scheuers, 2011AP1709-CR, District 2, 1/11/12 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Scheuers: Jeffrey Mann; case activity Sentence of 7 months for criminal damage to property, upheld as proper exercise of discretion. ¶9 Scheuers acknowledges that the trial court “took into account and properly stated on the record what [it] believed… Read more
State v. Demian Hyden McDermott, 2012 WI App 14 (recommended for publication); for McDermott: Robert R. Henak, Amelia L. Bizzaro; case activity Sentencing Review – New Factor – Assistance to Law Enforcement McDermott, convicted in 1991 of first-degree intentional homicide, ptac with a parole eligibility date of 35 years, seeks new-factor-based modification of his PED on… Read more
State v. Anrietta M. Geske, 2012 WI App 15 (recommended for publication); for Geske: Jefren E. Olsen, SPD, Madison Appellate; case activity Sufficiency of Proof – “Utter Disregard” Element (Reckless Homicide, § 940.02(1)) Evidence held sufficient to support reckless homicide element of utter disregard of human life, where deaths resulted from high-speed automobile collision after… Read more
