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APPEALS And POSTCONVICTION PROCEEDINGS
Updated 3/19/08


EXTRADITION AND DETAINERS
Updated
11/1/07


BAIL/BOND
Updated 3/24/05


GUILTY PLEAS
Updated: 2/20/08 


CIVIL COMMITMENTS:
Mental Health/Protective Services          NGI
Sexually Violent Persons
Updated 3/19/08
 


HABEAS CORPUS:
State & Federal (7th Circuit)

Updated 1/30/08


COMPETENCY/FITNESS TO STAND TRIAL
Updated 4/28/04 


JUDGE
Updated
8
/28/07


CONFESSIONS
Updated 3/19/08


JURISDICTION
Updated 6/27/07


CONSTITUTION
Updated 2/20/08


JURY
Updated
3/19/08


COUNSEL
Updated
2/20/08


JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS
Updated 11/21/06 


CRIMES: Traffic Offenses: Chs. 343-346
Updated: 3/28/08


OPEN RECORDS  
Updated
2/20/08


CRIMES: Inchoate Offenses: §§ 939.30-939.32
Updated: 7/25/07


PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MOTIONS
Updated
4/2/08


CRIMES: Against Life & Bodily Security: Ch. 940
Updated 3/19/08


PROBATION/EXTENDED SUPERVISION,
PRISON/PLRA

 
Updated 12/7/07


CRIMES: Against Public Health & Safety: Ch. 941
Updated: 8/30/06


PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT
 Updated
11/1/07
 


CRIMES: Against Property: Ch. 943
Updated: 1/30/08


SEARCH AND SEIZURE
Updated
3/28/08


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


SENTENCING
Updated 3/18/08


CRIMES: Against Government and its Administration: Ch. 946
Updated:
11/1/07


SPEEDY TRIAL
Updated: 7/3/07


CRIMES: Against Public Peace: Ch. 947
Updated: 2/20/08


STATUTES
Updated 12/19/07 


CRIMES: Against Children: Ch. 948
Updated: 2/20/08


TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, CHIPS,
PATERNITY, CHILD SUPPORT
 
Updated
1/30/08


CRIMES: Uniform Controlled Substances Act: Ch. 961
Updated: 7/25/07


TRIAL PROCEDURES
Updated: 1/28/04


CRIMES: Other Offenses 
Updated: 2/20/08


WITNESSES  
Updated 5/20/03
 


DEFENSES
Updated 1/31/07


WRITS (SUPERVISORY/EXTRAORDINARY):
MANDAMUS, PROHIBITION)

Updated 6/9/05
   


EVIDENCE
Updated 3/19/08


 

   
 


 


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

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
State v. Jordan A. Denk (2006AP1744-CR), below: Certification (search of passenger's property, outside automobile, incident to driver's arrest), rev. gr. 3/19/08
State v. Jonathan J. Hubbard (2006AP2753-CR), published below: 2007 WI App 240 (OWI instructional definition of “materially impaired”), PFR granted 1/22/08
Michael J. Watton v. Nanette H. Hegerty (2006AP3092), published below: 2007 WI App 267 (open records and ch. 51 confidentiality), PFR granted 1/22/08
State v. Sou W. Her (2006AP1239-CR), Unpublished below (breach of plea bargain by undermining required recommendation; IAC for failing to object to asserted breach), PFR granted 12/19/07
State v. Bruce Duncan MacArthur (2006AP1379-CR), below: Certification (SOL, child sex assault committed before enactment of current ch. 948), PFR granted 12/19/07
Adrian T. Hipp v. Circuit Court for Milwaukee County (2007AP230-W), published below: 2007 WI App 202 (subpoena procedure, John Doe proceedings, § 968.26), PFR granted 11/5/07
State v. Alexander Caleb Grunke, et al. (2006AP2744-CR), published below: 2007 WI App 198 (applicability of § 940.225, sexual assault, to deceased victim), PFR granted 11/5/07
State v. Carmen L. Doss (2006AP2254-CR), published below: 2007 WI App 208 (certified bank records, § 891.24, and confrontation), PFR granted 11/5/07
State v. Angela A. Keyes / Matthew E. Keyes (2004AP1104-CR / 2004AP1105-CR), published below: 2007 WI App 163 (elements of Theft by Contractor, §§ 779.02(5), 943.20(1)(b)), PFR granted 10/10/07
State v. David G. Straszkowski (2006AP64-CR), below: summary order (procedure for taking read-in), PFR granted 10/10/07
State v. Clayborn L. Walker, etc. (2006AP562-CR / 2006AP1738), published below: 2007 WI App 142 (review of original sentencing as necessary to reconfinement sentence), PFR granted 9/11/07
State v. Louis H. LaCount (2006AP672-CR), published below: 2007 WI App 116 (admissibility of expert opinion; meaing of "investment contract"; scope of search warrant; right to jury trial on sentence enhancement as repeater), PFR granted 9/11/07
State of Wisconsin v. Keith A. Davis (2006AP1954-CR), below: Certification (suppressibility of statements closely related to polygraph exam), PFR granted 9/11/07
State v. Brian H. Duchow (2005AP2175-CR), unpublished below (admissibility of taped statements under WESCL, § 968.27-31), PFR gr 8/14/07
State v. Dwight M. Sanders (2006AP2060-CR), published below: 2007 WI App 174 (warrantless entry of residence under exigent circumstances exception for misdemeanor), PFR gr 8/14/07
State v. Nathaniel L. Sumner (2006AP102-CR), unpublished below (frisk of motorist during routine traffic stop), PFR gr 6/12/07
State v. Donald W. Jorgensen (2006AP1847-CR), unpublished below (prosecutor as witness to charged crime; judge as witness to charged crime), PFR gr 6/12/07
State v. Douglas J. Plude (2005AP2311-CR), Unpublished below (impact of expert's false testimony; State's duty to turn over hard drive), PFR gr 5/22/07
State v. Leonard J. Quintana (2006AP499-CR), published below: 2007 WI App 29 (validity of school zone enhancer, § 939.632; victim's forehead as coming within mayhem statute, § 940.21), PFR gr 5/22/07
WIREdata, Inc. v. Village of Sussex et al. (2005AP1473), published below: 2007 WI App 22 (Open Records requester's right to database), PFR gr 5/22/07
State v. Michelle R. Popenhagen (2006AP1114-CR), published below: 2007 WI App 16 (expectation of privacy in bank records), PFR gr 4/17/07


Wis. Supreme Court Opinions (2007-2008 WI __ Term):
 



Miranda Issues – Assertion of Right to Counsel (Edwards Rule), made pre-Miranda warnings
Miranda Issues – Custodial “Interrogation”
Miranda Issues – Reinitiating Communication with Police, Following Assertion of Right to Counsel
Miranda Issues – Waiver

State v. Scott M. Hambly, 2008 WI 10, affirming 2006 WI App 256



Appellate Procedure – Harmless Error – Structural Error, Generally
Appellate Procedure – Harmless Error – Structural Error – Bailiff’s Potential Involvement in Case as Witness
Evidence – Bailiff as Potential Witness / Juror Bias – Exposure to Bailiff Involved in Case
Evidence – § 910.02: Original of Surveillance Tape Required But if Destroyed without Bad Faith, Testimony of Contents Allowed, § 910.04(1) – “Unplayable” Tape Tantamount to Destroyed

State v. William Troy Ford, 2007 WI 138, affirming unpublished decision


 


 


Published Wisconsin Court of Appeals Opinions (2008 WI App __):

 


Search & Seizure -- Search-Incident to Arrest -- Search of Automobile -- Belton/Thornton Rule

State v. Michael A. Littlejohn, 2008 WI App 45, PFR filed 2/7/08


SVP – Statement to Field Agent: Compelled, Inadmissible (Under Since-Repealed Statute) / Confessions – Voluntariness – Statement to Field Agent
Confessions – Involuntary Statement – Admissibility of Subsequent Statement
Appellate Procedure – Standard of Review – Implicit Findings of Fact
Confessions – Involuntary Statement (Due to Immunity Grant) – Derivative Evidence: Experts’ Opinions
Appellate Procedure – Harmless Error – Test, Generally
Appellate Procedure – Harmless Error – SVP Trial

State v. Charles W. Mark, 2008 WI App 44


Crimes: Stalking, Having Prior Conviction for Violence, §§ 940.32(2) & (2m)(a) – Prior Conviction Is Element, not Penalty Enhancer / Sentencing Enhancers – Particular Statutes: Crimes: Stalking, Having Prior Conviction for Violence, §§ 940.32(2) & (2m)(a) -- Prior Conviction Is Element, not Penalty Enhancer
Jury – Omitted Issues – Submission to Jury of Prior Conviction for “Violence” Despite Stipulation / Evidence – Unfair Prejudice, § 904.03 – Jury Exposure to Prior Conviction for “Violence,” Despite Stipulation

State v. Jeffrey A. Warbelton, 2008 WI App 42, PFR filed 3/20/08


Appellate Procedure – State’s Waiver
Confessions – Involuntary Statement (Due to Immunity Grant) – Derivative Evidence: Experts’ Opinions
Appellate Procedure – Harmless Error – SVP Trial

State v. Danny G. Harrell, 2008 WI App 37


Sentence Credit – Concurrent Sentences: Each Analyzed Separately, Though Imposed at the Same Time

State v. Elandis D. Johnson, 2008 WI App 34


Appellate Procedure – Standard of Review: Newly Discovered Evidence
Appellate Procedure – No Waiver Bar, Collateral Attack Based on Newly Discovered Evidence / Newly Discovered Evidence – Renewed Effort, Based on Changes in Medical Opinion, Not Barred
Newly Discovered Evidence – Change in Medical Opinion with Respect to Shaken Baby Syndrome – Probability of Different Result

State v. Audrey A. Edmunds, 2008 WI App 33


Guilty Pleas – Withdrawal, Pre-Sentencing – “Fair and Just” Reason: Coercion by Counsel

State v. Eugene D. Rhodes, 2008 WI App 32, PFR filed 1/15/08


Appellate Procedure – Mootness – Release of Sought-After Open Record
Open Records – Investigative Report Forwarded by Law Enforcement to the Prosecutor

Portage Daily Register v. Columbia Co. Sh. Dept., 2008 WI App 30


Possession of Child Pornography, § 948.12(1m) – Elements – Depiction of “Real” Children Necessary
Possession of Child Pornography, § 948.12(1m) – Sufficiency of Evidence – Element of “Real Children” Depicted – Expert Testimony Unnecessary
Counsel – Ineffective Assistance – Deficient Performance – Failure to Adduce Expert Testimony on False Confessions
Counsel – Ineffective Assistance – Prejudice – Unanimity Instruction, Possession of Child Pornography / Possession of Child Pornography, § 948.12(1m) – Jury Instructions – Unanimity: Agreement as to Which Picture Was Shown and Was Harmful / Jury Instructions – Unanimity – Possession of Child Pornography, Multiple Pictures

State v. Jason K. Van Buren, 2008 WI App 26, PFR filed 1/23/08


Identification Procedure – Showup ID: Probable Cause Specific to Purpose of ID Unncessary
Identification Procedure – In-Court ID as Untainted by Impermissible Showup
Appellate Procedure – State’s Waiver

State v. Jonathan W. Nawrocki, 2008 WI App 23


First Amendment – Overbreadth – “True Threat” – False Bomb Scare / False Bomb Scare, § 947.015 – Validity of Statute, Against Overbreadth Challenge

State v. Robert T., 2008 WI App 22


Confessions –– Admissibility of Statements Taken in Foreign Jurisdiction by Wisconsin Officers

State v. Edward Townsend, 2008 WI App 20, PFR filed 2/13/08


Search & Seizure –– Arrest – Test for Custody, Generally
Search & Seizure -- Search Incident to Arrest -- Probable Cause to Arrest, but No Arrest in Fact – Ordinance Violation
Search & Seizure – Arrest – Probable Cause – Specific Examples: Disorderly Conduct

State v. Tanya L. Marten-Hoye, 2008 WI App 19, (AG’s) PFR filed 2/20/08


Contempt – Remedial – Sanction Supported for Past Contempt
Contempt – Remedial vs. Punitive, Generally

Milton J. Christensen, et al. v. Sullivan, et al., 2008 WI App 18


TPR – “Meaningful Participation” by Remote Webcam
TPR – Conditions – Possibility of Meeting: Deported Parent
TPR – Disposition – Discretion Properly Exercised

Waukesha Co. DHHS v. Teodoro E., 2008 WI App 16


Counsel – Ineffective Assistance – Deficient Performance – Closing Argument: Inconsistent Theories
State v. Paul Dwayne Westmoreland, 2008 WI App 15, PFR filed 1/17/08


Appellate Procedure – Briefs – Factual Recitation – Need for Completeness, Accuracy
Search & Seizure – Applicability of Exclusionary Rule – Violation of Non-Constitutional Right: Patient Records (HIPAA, § 146.82)

State v. Ellen T. Straehler, 2008 WI App 14


Appellate Procedure – Standard of Review – Discovery Violation
Discovery – Prosecutorial Failure to Disclose Witness – Good Cause Shown
Discovery – Prosecutorial Failure to Disclose Criminal Record of Witness – Harmless Error
Verdicts – Inconsistency -- Permissible

State v. Paul T. Rice, 2008 WI App 10


Search & Seizure – Frisk of Automobile – Minor Traffic Violation -- Reasonable Suspicion, Multiple Factors: Furtive Movements, High-Crime Area, et. al

State v. Clemente Lamont Alexander, 2008 WI App 9


Evidence – Extraneous Misconduct Admissibility, § 904.04 – Pornographic Images -- “Greater Latitude” Rule, Applicable to Sexual Assault of Vulnerable Adult

State v. Timothy J. Normington, 2008 WI App 8, PFR filed 12/21/07


Appellate Procedure – Waiver – Taser Device Worn by Defendant, Failure to Raise Objection
Counsel – Ineffective Assistance – Deficient Performance – Failure to Object, to Taser Device Worn by Defendant in Courtroom
Counsel – Ineffective Assistance – Prejudice – Failure to Object, to Taser Device Worn by Defendant in Courtroom
Due Process – Restraints on Defendant in Courtroom – Sua Sponte Duty of Court to Investigate
Burglary – Sufficiency of Evidence – Owner’s Nonconsent

State v. Kevin M. Champlain, 2008 WI App 5, (AG’s) PFR filed 1/4/08


 

 


 

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