State v. Tobin J. Jagla, 2023AP2311-CR, 3/18/25, District III (not recommended for publication); case activity
COA affirms circuit court’s order denying Tobin Jagla’s motion to suppress where police stopped the vehicle he was driving after an officer determined the registered owner of the vehicle did not have a Wisconsin driver’s license. Although officer learned during the stop that Jagla was not the registered owner, Jagla and owner were both males and similar in age. [continue reading…]
State v. A.A.A., 2024AP2001, 3/12/25, District II (ineligible for publication); case activity
COA affirmed the circuit court’s dispositional order placing juvenile in the Serious Juvenile Offender program at Copper Lake School, a Type I juvenile correctional facility for girls. The Court rejected juvenile’s claim that such a placement was not permissible until the State builds a secure residential care center. [continue reading…]
February brought a handful of cases potentially relevant to our practice:
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State v. Gasper, 2023AP2319, petition for review of a published decision of the court of appeals, granted 3/13/25; case activity
State v. Rauch Sharak., 2024AP469-CR, accepting review of a certification, granted 3/13/25; case activity
State v. K.R.C., 2023AP2102, petition for review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, granted 3/13/25; case activity
In a case that could prove consequential for the rights of juveniles in schools policed by “school resource officers,” SCOW accepts review of a case taking direct aim at the court of appeals’ reading of the “reasonable person” standard in constitutional law.
State v. Catherine E. Edwards, 2023AP1042-CR, 3/6/25, District IV (not recommended for publication); case activity
Edwards’s appeal focuses on the definition of “lewd exhibition of intimate parts” and the state’s closing arguments as to child pornography. COA rejects Edwards’s arguments on appeal and affirms her convictions for possession of child pornography. [continue reading…]
State v. Ryan D. Wilkie, 2022AP730-CR, 3/11/25, District III (1-judge decision, ineligible for publication); case activity
COA rejects Wilkie’s interesting constitutional arguments regarding the authority of law enforcement to enter his home without a warrant and affirms his conviction for obstructing an officer.
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Breion S. Woodson v. Bradley Mlodzik, No. 22-3153, 2/28/25
Although Woodson has new evidence seeming to suggest he was sentenced on the basis of inaccurate information, the complex procedural rules of habeas litigation require affirmance.
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