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SCOW to review discovery rules applicable to reverse waiver hearings
State v. Adams, 2023AP218-CR, petition for review of a published decision of the court of appeals, granted 2/12/25; case activity SCOW grants Adams’s petition for review in part and signifies its interest in bringing clarity to an important procedural aspect of reverse waiver hearings.
February 18, 2025
COA affirms ch. 51 medication order in “close case”
Dane County v. A.M.M., 2024AP1670, 2/13/25, District IV (1-judge decision, ineligible for publication); case activity “Amanda” challenges the sufficiency of the evidence pertaining to her medication order. The COA calls this a “close case,” but affirms.
- A. Ch. 51, Mental health
- C. Unpublished Opinions
- 3. Civil Commitments
- 4. Involuntary meds
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February 15, 2025
COA holds that difference between “L meth” and “D meth” does not create a defense to RCS prosecution
State v. Walter L. Johnson, 2024AP79-CR, 2/13/25, District IV (recommended for publication); case activity In a case resolving a hot issue for OWI litigators, COA rejects challenges to an RCS prosecution based on the chemical difference between “L meth”–found in certain nasal decongestant sprays–and “D meth,” which is found in illicit street drugs.
- Published 2025
- A. Rational basis test
- 1. Constitutional issues
- 1. Constitutional issues
- 1. Principles of
- 1. Appeals
- B. Construction
- B. Published opinions
- B. Chs. 343-346: Traffic offense
- D. Ch. 940: Against life/body
- D. Waiver of issues/arguments
- 5. Constitutionality of statute
- e. Plain text
- 9. Crimes
- K. Standards of Review
- L. Ch. 961: Controlled Subst.
- 13. Due Process
- 14. Sec. 940.09
- N. Statutory challenge
- 14. Equal Protect., 14th Am.
- 39. Statutes
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- Uncategorized
February 13, 2025
COA rejects challenges to extension and medication orders and affirms another Chapter 51
Racine County v. C.D.B., 2024AP1195, 2/5/25, District II (1-judge decision, ineligible for publication); case activity In “Banks’s” most recent appeal, he once again challenges the sufficiency of the evidence pertaining to his extension and medication orders. Like his last appeal, however, those arguments go nowhere.
COA rejects sufficiency challenge to grounds and finds that court did not err in terminating parental rights
State v. R.J.S., 2024AP2186, 2/7/25, District I (1-judge decision, ineligible for publication); case activity COA rejects R.J.S.’s challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence and applies a well-settled standard of review to uphold the circuit court’s discretionary termination order.
- 1. Appeals
- 3. Continuing CHIPS
- C. Unpublished Opinions
- D. Grounds, Sec. 48.415
- 6. No parental responsibility
- G. Disposition, Secs. 48.426-427
- 8. Discretionary decision
- K. Standards of Review
- 40. TPRs
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February 10, 2025
COA: Tint meter evidence not required to confirm officer’s belief that vehicle windows were illegally tinted to establish reasonable suspicion for stop.
State v. Joseph Paul Morello, 2024AP931-CR, 2/6/25, District IV (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity COA affirms circuit court’s order denying Joseph Morello’s motion to suppress the fruits of his traffic stop. Although COA did not address circuit court’s conclusion that police had reasonable suspicion that Morello’s vehicle was connected to reports of gunshots, […]
- 1. Stops, in general
- 2. Traffic stops
- C. Unpublished Opinions
- G. Reasonable suspicion
- 35. Search & Seizure
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- Uncategorized
February 7, 2025
COA once again holds that a colloquy is not required before a person stipulates to a mental commitment order
Sheboygan County v. N.A.L., 2024AP1195, 2/5/25, District II (1-judge decision, ineligible for publication); petition for review granted 5/21/25 case activity In yet another appeal asking COA to clarify the procedure for accepting a stipulation to a mental commitment, COA refuses N.A.L.’s invitation to issue a precedential opinion and affirms based largely on a prior unpublished decision.
- 1. Original commitment
- a. Constitutional challenges
- 1. Appeals
- A. Ch. 51, Mental health
- C. Briefs/Appendices
- C. Unpublished Opinions
- 3. Civil Commitments
- 4. Argument
- d. Undeveloped argument
- 6. Procedures/hearings/evidence
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- Uncategorized
February 6, 2025
COA holds that County sufficiently proved dangerousness under second standard
Trempealeau County v. C.B.O., 2024AP1520-FT, 2/4/25, District III (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity COA affirms, holding that the evidence of a verbal threat to kill someone, and “Carl’s” actions during a subsequent police chase, were both sufficient to establish dangerousness under Wis. Stat. § 51.20(1)(a)2.b.
- A. Ch. 51, Mental health
- 1. Original commitment
- b. Harm to others
- C. Unpublished Opinions
- 3. Civil Commitments
- f. 51.20(1)(a)2. Dangerousness
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February 4, 2025
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