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APPEALS And POSTCONVICTION PROCEEDINGS
Updated 1/27/10


EXTRADITION AND DETAINERS
Updated
12/24/09


BAIL/BOND
Updated 3/24/05


GUILTY PLEAS
Updated: 8/26/09 


CIVIL COMMITMENTS:
Mental Health/Protective Services          NGI
Sexually Violent Persons
Updated 12/24/09
 


HABEAS CORPUS:
State & Federal (7th Circuit)

Updated 3/30/09


COMPETENCY/FITNESS TO STAND TRIAL
Updated 6/25/08 


JUDGE
Updated 2/11/10


CONFESSIONS
Updated 1/27/10


JURISDICTION
Updated 10/28/09


CONSTITUTION
Updated 2/2/10


JURY
Updated
1/27/10


COUNSEL
Updated
1/27/10


JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS
Updated 4/29/09 


CRIMES: Traffic Offenses: Chs. 343-346
Updated: 10/28/09


OPEN RECORDS  
Updated
7/15/09


CRIMES: Inchoate Offenses: §§ 939.30-939.32
Updated: 6/30/09


PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MOTIONS
Updated
8/26/09


CRIMES: Against Life & Bodily Security: Ch. 940
Updated 1/27/10


PROBATION/EXTENDED SUPERVISION,
PRISON/PLRA

 
Updated 10/28/09


CRIMES: Against Public Health & Safety: Ch. 941
Updated: 11/20/08


PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT
 Updated
9/29/09
 


CRIMES: Against Property: Ch. 943
Updated: 10/28/09


SEARCH AND SEIZURE
Updated
2/3/10


CRIMES: Sex Offenses: Ch. 944
Updated 11/1/07


SENTENCING
Updated 12/24/09


CRIMES: Against Government and its Administration: Ch. 946
Updated:
1/27/10


SPEEDY TRIAL
Updated: 7/3/07


CRIMES: Against Public Peace: Ch. 947
Updated: 5/29/09


STATUTES
Updated 4/29/09 


CRIMES: Against Children: Ch. 948
Updated: 1/27/10


TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, CHIPS,
PATERNITY, CHILD SUPPORT
 
Updated
1/27/10


CRIMES: Uniform Controlled Substances Act: Ch. 961
Updated: 7/29/09


TRIAL PROCEDURES
Updated: 1/28/04


CRIMES: Other Offenses 
Updated: 2/2/10


WITNESSES  
Updated 5/20/03
 


DEFENSES
Updated 7/29/09


WRITS (SUPERVISORY/EXTRAORDINARY):
CERTIORARI, MANDAMUS, PROHIBITION)

Updated 1/27/10
   


EVIDENCE
Updated 2/2/10


 

   
 


 


Pending grants of review (for complete table, go here):

State v. Michael R. Hess, 2008AP2231-CR, below: 2009 WI App 105 (good-faith rule as applied to invalid warrant), oral arg 3/2/10

Kevin Blum, Jr. v. 1st Auto & Casualty Ins. Co., 2008AP1324, below: 2009 WI App 19 (precedential value of that portion of published court of appeals' decision not discussed in supreme court reversal), oral arg 2/10/10

State v. Michael A. Sveum, 2008AP659-CR, below: 2009 WI App 81 (warrantless GPS tracking under 4th amendment and WESCL), oral arg 3/2/10

State v. Rashaad A. Imani, 2008AP1521-CR, below: 2009 WI App 98 (remedy for inadequate Faretta colloquy), oral arg 2/9/10

State v. Jim H. Ringer, 2008AP652-CR, below: Unpublished (rape-shield admissibility: sufficiency of proof of prior untruthful allegation; State's waiver), oral arg 2/10/10

State v. Donald J. McGuire, 2007AP2711-CR, below: Unpublished (tolled statute of limitations for non-resident, constitutionality of 36-year delay in prosecution), PFR granted 9/10/09; oral arg 1/5/10

State v. Juiquin A. Pinkard, 2008AP1204-CR, below: Unpublished (community caretaker rationale for warrantless entry of residence), PFR granted 9/10/09; oral arg 1/7/10

State v. Joshua D. Conger, 2008AP755-CR, below: Certification (trial court discretion to reject plea bargain), PFR granted 8/17/09; oral arg 12/1/09

State v. Corey Kleser, 2007AP2827-CRAC, below: 2009 WI App 43 (§ 970.032 reverse waiver procedure: ability to challenge probable cause; admissibility of defense expert testimony), PFR granted 7/15/09; oral arg 11/11/09

State v. Travis Vondell Cross, 2009AP3-CR, below: on Bypass (guilty plea procedure: impact of misinformation that maxmimum penalty greater than actually is), PFR granted 7/15/09; oral arg 12/1/09

State v. Michael James Carter, 2008AP1185-CR, below: Summary order (ineffective assistance of counsel re: rape-shield evidence), PFR granted 7/1/09; oral arg 11/3/09

State v. Scott R. Jensen, 2008AP552-CR, below: 2009 WI App 26 (venue for § 946.12 misconduct in public office), PFR granted 6/16/09; oral arg 11/10/09

State v. Landray M. Harris (2008AP810-CR), below: Unpublished (sentencing judge's comments as taking defendant's race into account), PFR granted 5/13/09; oral arg 10/20/09

Darnell Jackson v. Daniel Buchler (2006AP948),below: Unpublished (prison discipline procedure), PFR granted 4/14/09; oral arg 12/1/09

State v. James W. Smith (2008AP1011), below: 2009 WI App 16, (constitutionality of applying sex offender registration requirement, § 301.54, to offense without sexual element), PFR granted 3/18/09; oral arg 10/13/09

State v. Aaron Antonio Allen (2007AP795), below: Unpublished (failure to respond to no-merit report operating as serial litigation bar applied to subsequent collateral attack), PFR granted 3/18/09

State v. Daniel Arends (2008AP52-CR), below: 2008 WI App 184 (standard for granting hearing on § 980.09 SVP discharge petition), PFR granted 2/10/09; oral arg 9/11/09

State v. Dimitri Henley (2008AP697-CR), below: Certification (trial court authority to grant interest-of-justice relief after expiration of direct appeal), rev granted 2/10/09; oral arg 9/18/09

State v. Robert Lee Artic, Sr. (2008AP880-CR), below: 2009 WI App 12 (whether consent attenuated taint of unlwaful police entry), PFR granted 2/10/09; oral arg 9/11/09

State v. John A. Wood (2007AP2767-CR), below: Certification, (constitutionality of § 971.17 (3) (c), re: involuntary medication of persons committed to DHFS after found NGI and further determined to be incompetent to make medication decision), held in abeyance, 11/12/08, pending remand to supplement record

State v. Patrick C. Carter (2006AP1811-CR), published below: 2007 WI App 255 (sentence credit for time spent on fugitive warrant), (AG’s) PFR granted 3/19/08; oral arg 9/12/08; re-arg 10/21/09


Wis. Supreme Court Opinions (2009-2010 WI Term):
 


Recusal – Individual Supreme Court Justice – Reviewability by Full Court

State v. Aaron Antonio Allen, 2010 WI 10


Search & Seizure – Frisk – Demand that Suspect Drop Object
Search & Seizure – Plain View – Cell Phone, Image on Display Screen
Search & Seizure – Detention of Personal Property of Suspect not in Custody: Probable Cause + Exigency – Cell Phone Displaying Evidence of Drug Trafficking
Search & Seizure – Exigency – Browsing through Image Gallery of Lawfully Cell Phone Unsupported
Search & Seizure – Exigency – Answering Incoming Call, Lawfully Seized Cell Phone Image Supported
Search & Seizure – Attenuation of Taint – Search Warrant: Independent Source Doctrine, Generally Search & Seizure – Attenuation of Taint – Search Warrant for Cell Phone, Supported by Probable Cause Independent of Tainted Evidence

State v. Jermichael James Carroll, 2010 WI 8, affirming 2008 WI App 161


Evidence – Expert Opinion, Partly Based on PBT Inadmissibility, § 343.303 / OWI – PBT Result Inadmissible, § 343.303, Including When Proffered in Support of Defense / Right to Present Defense – Statutory Inadmissibility of PBT Result, § 343.303: Legitimate State Interest Controls

State v. Richard M. Fischer, 2010 WI 6, affirming 2008 WI App 152


Judges – Disqualification, § 757.19(2)(e) – Meaning of “Previously Handled the Action or Proceeding while Judge of an Inferior Court”

State v. Dimitri Henley, Memorandum Decision (Roggensack, J.), No. 2008AP697, 11/25/09


 


Published Wisconsin Court of Appeals Opinions (2010 WI App __):

 


Appellate Procedure – Standard of Review – Certiorari
Writs – Certiorari – Administrative Decision-Making Based Wholly on Uncorroborated Hearsay Insufficient

Michelle Williams v. Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, 2010 WI App 14


Sexual Assault of Child, § 948.02 – Not Unconstitutionally Overbroad re: “Proper Medical Purpose” / Overbreadth Challenge – § 948.02 Not Unconstitutionally Overbroad re: “Proper Medical Purpose” Jury Instructions – Theory of Defense, Generally Jury Instructions – Theory of Defense, Sexual Assault of Child: Proper Medical Purpose

State v. Christopher J. Lesik, 2010 WI App 12, PFR filed 1/7


Assertion of Right to Counsel – Interrogation – Post- Charge Representation Insufficient in and of Itself / Confessions – Post-Charge Assertion of Right to Counsel during Interrogation – Mere Representation by Counsel Insufficient to Establish Assertion / New Federalism” – Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel during Interrogation

State v. Brad E. Forbush, 2010 WI App 11


Statutes – Construction – Particular Term: “And,” May Mean “Or”
Statutes – Construction – Legislative Reference Bureau Analysis as Indicative of Legislative Intent
Intimidation of Crime Victim, § 940.44(2) – Elements – Coverage of Intimidation after Complaint Filed
Statutes – Construction – Rule of Lenity

State v. Stephen A. Freer, 2010 WI App 9, PFR filed 12/30/09


Guardianship/Protective Placement – GAL Interview of Ward outside Presence of Adversary Counsel

Jennifer M. v. Franz Maurer, 2010 WI App 8


Reasonable Suspicion – Basis – Traffic Stops – Excessive Window Tint, Generally
Reasonable Suspicion – Basis – Traffic Stops – Excessive Window Tint, Unsupported

State v. Phillip Brian Conaway / Craig Griffin, 2010 WI App 7


Appellate Procedure – Briefs – Inadequate Appendix, Record Cites – Sanction / Counsel – Sanctions – Inadequate Appendix to Appellate Brief, Citation to Record
Appellate Procedure – Briefs – Issue-Selection, Generally
Self-Incrimination – Civil Proceeding – Withdrawal of Previously-Invoked Privilege
Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act (WOCCA), § 946.81 – Damages

S.C. Johnson v. Milton E. Morris, 2010 WI App 6, PFR filed 12/30/09


Reasonable Suspicion – Stop/Detention – Basis – “Collective Knowledge” Doctrine
Reasonable Suspicion – Stop/Detention – Duration/Intensity – Handcuffed, Placed in Squad in Absence of Suspected Weapons
Consent to Search – Apparent Authority: Hotel Guest – Shared Authority to Consent to Search Room
Consent to Search – Apparent Authority: Hotel Guest – No Authority to Consent to Locked Safe
Inevitable Discovery – Existence of Probable Cause Alone Insufficient

State v. Sameeh J. Pickens, 2010 WI App 5, reconsideration denied 1/20


 

 


 

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