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SCOW grants review in interesting OWI involving domestic violence victim
State v. Joan L. Stetzer, 2023AP874-CR, petition for review of an unpublished court of appeals decision, granted 12/10/24; affirmed 7/3/25 case activity In an interesting case asking the justices to probe the competing interests at stake when a victim becomes a criminal defendant, SCOW will be given an opportunity to assess Wisconsin’s coercion defense under […]
December 11, 2024
Defense win! COA affirms suppression of evidence, concluding officer lacked reasonable suspicion for traffic stop
City of Platteville v. Travis Jon Knautz, 2024AP1291 & 1292, 12/5/24, District IV (1-judge decision, ineligible for publication); case activity In this drunk driving forfeiture case, the city appeals an order granting Knautz’s motion to suppress all of the evidence that police obtained after an investigatory traffic stop. The COA affirms, concluding that the city […]
- 1. Appeals
- b. Stop found unlawful
- 2. Traffic stops
- C. Unpublished Opinions
- 5. High crime areas
- E. Specific motions/hearings
- 6. Suppression
- G. Reasonable suspicion
- I. Suppression hearings
- K. Standards of Review
- 11. Defense Wins
- 27. suppression decision
- 30. Pretrial proceedings
- 35. Search & Seizure
- 46. WI Court of Appeals
December 5, 2024
COA holds that funeral costs are recoverable as part of a restitution order in connection with a juvenile disposition order
State v. Q.D.R., 2024AP1067, 12/3/24, District I (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity In a matter of first impression, COA rejects Q.D.R.’s statutory construction arguments and holds that funeral costs are recoverable under the juvenile restitution statute.
- B. Delinquency proceedings
- C. Unpublished Opinions
- 7. Disposition
- 26. Juvenile proceedings
- 46. WI Court of Appeals
December 4, 2024
COA affirms 51.20 commitment for alcoholism as matter of first impression
Vernon County v. F.W.R., 2024AP203, District IV, 11/6/24 (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity COA rejects F.W.R.’s challenges to his involuntary commitment order under Wis. Stat. § 51.20 for alcohol dependence, concluding that a person may be involuntarily committed for treatment for alcoholism, the circuit court followed the proper procedures and the county met […]
- A. Ch. 51, Mental health
- 1. Original commitment
- c. Pattern of acts
- 3. Civil Commitments
- C. Unpublished Opinions
- d. Mentally ill/drug dependent
- e. Proper subject of treatment
- f. 51.20(1)(a)2. Dangerousness
- 6. Procedures/hearings/evidence
- 46. WI Court of Appeals
November 27, 2024
COA: Circuit court may, sua sponte, relieve parent from voluntarily terminating parental rights when extraordinary circumstances are presented.
M.S. v. R.F., 2024AP814, District I, 11/19/24 (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity The Court of Appeals affirmed the circuit court’s order granting M.S. (referred to as Michelle) relief from her voluntary termination of parental rights because her decision to terminate was premised on terminating R.F.’s (referred to as Richard) parental rights, and the […]
November 22, 2024
COA rejects ineffectiveness appeal litigated by TPR petitioner on procedural grounds
N.C. v. R.G., 2024AP996, District II, 11/20/24 (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity In a TPR appeal with a very unusual posture, COA rejects the petitioner’s appeal given her failure to abide by the rules of appellate procedure.
November 20, 2024
COA holds that trial court properly removed adversary counsel in CHIPS case; reverses order reducing lawyer’s fee
Richland County DH&HS v. D.M.K., 2022AP2190, District IV, 11/14/24 (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity In a somewhat rare CHIPS appeal, COA upholds the circuit court’s decision to remove adversary counsel but reverses the court’s order modifying that attorney’s request for fees.
SCOW grants review of per curiam defense win in revocation case
State ex rel. Wis. Dep’t of Corrs., Div. of Cmty. Corrs. v. Hayes, 2023AP1140, petition for review of a per curiam court of appeals decision, granted 11/12/24; case activity (including briefs) The Division of Hearings and Appeals decided not to revoke Sellers’s probation. DOC, on writ of certiorari to the circuit court, prevailed, and DHA appealed. On appeal, […]
- A. Review Grants
- C. Revocation
- 4. Cross-examination
- 5. Certiorari review
- 31. Probation/ES
- 45. WI Supreme Court
- Pending in SCOW
- Uncategorized
November 17, 2024
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