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In 5-1-1 decision, SCOW affirms COA decision rejecting domestic violence victim’s invocation of coercion defense
State v. Joan L. Stetzer, 2025 WI 34, 7/3/25, affirming an unpublished decision from COA; case activity
Faced with a unique fact pattern arising from an OWI prosecution, SCOW interprets Wisconsin’s coercion defense and finds that Stetzer is unable to prevail, regardless of the clearly sympathetic facts presented.
In a decision accusing referee of “victim-blaming,” SCOW rejects proposed disciplinary sanction and revokes license of former prosecutor
OLR v. Daniel P. Steffen, 2023AP1511-D, 7/1/25, per curiam decision of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (in its disciplinary capacity).
In a decision of potential interest to criminal practitioners, SCOW revokes the license of a prosecutor who has been criminally sentenced for sex crimes.