decision below: supervisory writ, not posted on-line Issue (from Table of Cases): Whether a circuit court, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 120.12(18) (school district has a duty to coordinate and provide continuity of educational programming for pupils receiving education services as the result of a court order under § 938.34(7d)) and § 938.45 (court may take… Read more
A. Review Grants
prior post: here; background summary by court: here Issues (from Table of Cases): Whether a pattern jury instruction confused or mislead a jury such that the instructions violated a defendant’s due process rights. Whether a trial court erred in its handling of a jury’s questions during deliberations. Whether particular evidence constituted substantial facts sufficient to… Read more
Prior post: here; background summary by court: here Issue (from Table of Cases): Whether, at resentencing, a defendant would be entitled to credit on a new sentence for time spent confined on a vacated sentence, which was served concurrently with another non-vacated sentence, when the new sentence is imposed consecutively to all other sentences (See… Read more
decision below: certification; for St. Martin: Michael K. Gould, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate; court of appeals briefs: Resp.; Reply Issue (from Table of Cases): Whether the rule regarding consent to search a shared dwelling in Georgia v. Randolph, 547 U.S. 103 (2006), which states that a warrantless search cannot be justified when a physically present resident… Read more
decision below: unpublished; for Harbor: Joseph E. Redding; court of appeals briefs: BiC; Resp.; Reply Issues (from Table of Pending Cases): Whether a defendant presented a new factor entitling sentence modification (See State v. Franklin, 148 Wis. 2d 1, 8, 434 N.W.2d 609 (1989). Whether a defendant demonstrated ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v… Read more
decision below: unpublished; prior On Point post; for Burris: Byron C. Lichstein Issue (from Table of Pending Cases): Was the trial court’s supplemental jury instruction that was issued in response to a question from the jury and that quoted verbatim from a Supreme Court opinion an impermissibly misleading instruction under the standards established by State v… Read more
decision below: unpublished; prior On Point post; for Rhodes: John J. Grau Issue (from Table of Pending Cases): Whether a criminal defendant’s constitutional right to confront a witness in cross-examination was infringed, and, if so, whether the infringement was harmless error. Homicide case, tried on State’s theory Rhodes had motive to kill victim for beating Rhodes’… Read more
decision below: unpublished summary disposition; for Funk: Michele Anne Tjader Issue (from Table of Pending Cases): Whether a juror was subjectively and/or objectively biased under the test set forth in State v. Delgado, 223 Wis. 2d 270, 588 N.W.2d 1 (1999). Briefs, appellate decision, petition for review: none is posted, so you can’t readily tell… Read more
