State v. Thomas A. Nommensen, 2007 WI App 224 For Nommensen: Anthony L. O’Malley Issue/Holding: Although charges of repeated sexual assault, § 948.025(1) were the same in law, they were different in fact because they : ¶8 Charged offenses are not multiplicitous if the facts are either separate in time or of a significantly different… Read more
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State v. Kevin S. Meehan, 2001 WI App 119 For Meehan: Pamela Moorshead, Buting & Williams Issue: Whether charges of completed and attempted sexual assault of the same victim were multiplicitous. Holding: ¶34. The nature of the two acts was different because the attempted sexual assault was foiled by the victim’s resistance. There was some… Read more
State v. William Koller, 2001 WI App 253, PFR filed For Koller: Peter M. Koneazny, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue: Whether distinct types of sexual assault (mouth-vagina and penis-vagina) necessarily support distinct counts. Holding: ¶59 There is another reason Koller’s second multiplicity challenge fails. This second claim is directed primarily at the relationship between Count 4… Read more
State v. David J. Cleveland, 2000 WI App 142, 237 Wis. 2d 558, 614 N.W.2d 543 For Cleveland: Suzanne L. Hagopian, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether multiple sexual assault counts arising during a single incident violated double jeopardy. Holding: Though the offenses weren’t separated in time, each required separate volitional acts and were therefore significantly… Read more
