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Court of Appeals Publication Orders, 11/10
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On Point posts from this list:
2010 WI App 146 State v. Daniel H. Hanson
2010 WI App 153 State v. Ricardo Lopez
2010 WI App 155 State v. Lee Anthony Batt
Henry Kaczmarek v. Rednour, 7th Cir No. 09-2417, 11/17/10
Habeas – Procedural Default
A federal claim procedurally defaulted in state court works foreclosure of federal habeas review. That the state court engaged plain error review doesn’t mean that the default was overlooked and the merits of the claim reached. Here, the Illinois court refused to reach the merits of Kaczmarek’s Apprendi claim because of his failure to object contemporaneously; the Illinois contemporaneous objection rule is firmly established and regularly followed,
Newly Discovered Evidence: Test – SVP Commitment – Revised Actuarial; Completeness Doctrine, § 901.07; Interest of Justice Review
State v. Richard D. Sugden, 2010 WI App 166 (recommended for publication); for Sugden: Donald T. Lang, SPD, Madison Appellate; Sugden BiC; State Resp.; Reply
Newly Discovered Evidence – Test – Generally
¶14 In order to be entitled to a new trial based on newly discovered evidence, Sugden must prove by clear and convincing evidence that (1) the evidence is,
Madison Metro. School Dist. v. Circuit Court for Dane County, 2009AP2845-W, review granted 10/27/10
decision below: supervisory writ, not posted on-line
Issue (from Table of Cases):
Whether a circuit court, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 120.12(18) (school district has a duty to coordinate and provide continuity of educational programming for pupils receiving education services as the result of a court order under § 938.34(7d)) and § 938.45 (court may take certain actions if the district contributed to delinquency of minor) has the authority to craft an order which would override a school district’s prior determination to expel a juvenile under § 120.13(1)(c)1.
Traffic Stop – Duration; Field Sobriety Testing – PBT
State v. Joshua L. McDonald, 2010AP1045-CR, District 4, 11/18/10
court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for McDonald: Tracey A. Wood; McDonald BiC; State Resp.; Reply
Traffic Stop – Duration
¶13 We conclude that the time it took for the deputy to ask McDonald whether he had been drinking that night and for McDonald to answer did not unreasonably prolong the stop.
Sex Offender Registration Requirement Where Homeless
State v. William Dinkins, Sr., 2010 WI App 163, review granted 3/16/11; for Dinkins: Steven D. Phillips, SPD, Madison Appellate; Dinkins BiC; State Resp.; Reply
A prisoner subject to sex offender registration requirement, § 301.45, isn’t subject to criminal penalty for failing, on impending release, to notify authorities of his intended “residence” where he will be homeless.
Reasonable Suspicion – Traffic Stop
State v. William J. Merry, 2010AP1618-CR, District 2, 11/17/10
court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); pro se; State Resp.
¶8 Here, Nye testified that when he observed Merry’s vehicle, he could see “that the stoplight for the intersection for westbound traffic was red.” While Merry is correct that Nye did not (and could not) testify to having personally observed the traffic light from Merry’s perspective,
Plea-Withdrawal – Hearing – Exculpatory Evidence
State v. William M. O’Donnell, 2009AP2962, District 2, 11/17/10
court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for O’Donnell: Walter Arthur Piel, Jr.; O’Donnell BiC; State Resp.; Reply
Because the evidence allegedly suppressed by the State wasn’t exculpatory, O’Donnell wasn’t entitled to an evidentiary on his postconviction motion asserting suppression of exculpatory material.
¶10 A circuit court, in its discretion,
Multiplicity: § 948.40(1) (4)(a) as Lesser of § 940.02(2)(a); Contributing to Delinquency with Death as Result; Instructions – First-Degree Reckless Homicide; Prosecutorial Misconduct – “Haseltine”
State v. Patrick R. Patterson, 2010 WI 130, affirming 2009 WI App 181; for Patterson: David R. Karpe; Patterson BiC; State Resp.; Reply
Multiplicity – § 948.40(1) (4)(a) as Lesser Offense of § 940.02(2)(a)
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor with death as a result, § 948.40(1), (4)(a) is not a lesser offense of first-degree reckless homicide,
Exculpatory Evidence Preservation; Right to Inform Jury of Evidence Destruction
State v. Joshua Lashawn Munford, 2010 WI App 168 (recommended for publication); for Munford: Joseph L. Sommers; Munford BiC; State Resp.; Reply
Munford’s claim that police destruction of his van violated due process is rejected, because the van didn’t have apparent exculpatory value. His defense against the homicide charge was that someone else fired shots that went through the van and struck the victim who was on the street.