State v. A.M.Y., 2024AP1162, 9/26/24, District 4 (one-judge decision, ineligible for publication); case activity A.M.Y. appealed the TPR order related to her daughter, Y.R.C.Y., arguing that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion by granting default judgment against her as to grounds for termination. The COA agrees, as the circuit court failed to take evidence… Read more
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Village of Greendale v. Stacey King, 2023AP503, 9/17/24, District I (1-judge decision, ineligible for publication); case activity King appeals her OWI first judgment, arguing that the statute of limitations had expired, that the circuit court based its rulings on bias against her instead of on the relevant law, and that the field sobriety test should… Read more
State v. Jennifer Moustafa, 2022AP1315, 9/10/24, District III (1-judge decision, ineligible for publication); case activity COA affirms the circuit court’s denial of Moustafa’s motion to suppress evidence, concluding that consideration of the four Dunn factors do not support a determination that Moustafa’s patio is within the curtilage of her home. Law enforcement went to Moustafa’s… Read more
State v. J.D.B., 2023AP715-CR, 9/10/24, District I (recommended for publication); petition for review granted, 2/12/25 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… Read more
July brought another bevy of interesting cases. As usual, we’ve tried to select those most relevant to our audience: United States of America v. Zebulon Xavier Marzette, No. 23-1646: Marzette tries to attack his conviction for possession of a firearm as a felon by challenging the DNA evidence which allegedly showed he had touched that firearm… Read more
State v. Terron Anthony Clayborn, 2023AP283-CR, 8/20/24, District I (not recommended for publication); case activity In a case presenting a common postconviction fact pattern alleging an improper promise by counsel, COA affirms despite postconviction testimony largely corroborating the defendant’s account. Clayborn pleaded guilty to two felonies following a fatal accident. (¶1). In exchange for his… 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
State v. Kruckenberg Anderson, 2023AP396-CR, 7/25/24, District IV (recommended for publication); case activity The tragic death of a newborn baby in the bucolic countryside of southwest Wisconsin prompted aggressive interrogation techniques by law enforcement that the Court of Appeals considered coercive in light of the suspect’s age of 16. But the court found that a… Read more
