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November and December 2023 Publication Orders

The court of appeals issued the final two publication orders of the year on November 29, 2023, and December 21, 2023. Two criminal law related decision are included in the orders: State v. John J. Drachenberg, 2023 WI App 61 (holding that the “execution” of a search warrant does not include forensic analysis that can… Read more

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State v. Dustin J. VanderGalien, 2023AP890-CR, 12/29/23, District 4 (recommended for publication); case activity VanderGalien pled no contest to three counts stemming from a fatal motor vehicle crash after a non-impairing cocaine metabolite (benzoylecgonine or “BE”) was detected in his blood hours after the incident. The court of appeals rejects his facial challenge to the… Read more

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October 2023 Publication Order

On October 25, 2023, the court of appeals ordered publication of two criminal law related decisions: State v. Troy Allen Lanning, 2023 WI App 52 (holding that a pending criminal prosecution means civil forfeiture proceeding need not be held within 60 days) State v. Aaron L. Jacobs, 2023 WI App 53 (rejecting state’s expansive bail… Read more

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State v. John J. Drachenberg, 2022AP2060-CR, 10/12/23, District IV (recommended for publication); case activity In a decision recommended for publication, COA clarifies that the “execution” of a search warrant does not include forensic analysis that can occur weeks or months later. Accordingly, even though those activities may occur outside the statutory window, this does not… Read more

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September 2023 Publication Order

On September 27, 2023, the court of appeals ordered publication of one criminal law related decision: State v. John R. Brott, 2023 WI App 45 (mandatory minimum sentence for possession of child pornography is mandatory)… Read more

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State v. Aaron L. Jacobs, 2022AP658-659, 2022AP661-663, 9/19/23, District 3 (recommended for publication); case activity (including briefs) The key takeaway from this soon to be published court of appeals decision may seem obvious and inarguable, but as we’ll see below, the state pursued and the circuit court blessed what would have been a massive expansion of the… Read more

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August 2023 publication order

On August 30, 2023, the court of appeals ordered publication of one criminal law related decision: State v. Gregory L. Cundy, 2023 WI App 41 (Applying Payton rule to invalidate “Terry stop” inside home)… Read more

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July 2023 publication list

On July 26, 2023, the court of appeals ordered publication of two criminal law related decision: State v. Cedric Tung, 2023 WI App 33 (rejecting McCoy v. Louisiana and United States v. Cronic based IAC claims) State v. Conrad M. Mader, 2023 WI App 35 (testimony that 99% of sexual assault reports are true improperly vouched for… Read more

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