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SCOW issues powerful decision relevant to juveniles interrogated at school but denies relief under harmless error analysis
State v. K.R.C., 2026 WI 10, 3/26/26, reversing an unpublished decision of the court of appeals; case activity
While SCOW denies relief to K.R.C., it issues a strongly worded decision that will help vindicate the constitutional rights of children interacting with school resource officers on campus.
SCOW reverses COA in 971.14 med order appeal, decides standard of review for Sell factors, limits Green’s applicability, and declines to resolve several issues
State v. J.D.B., 2026 WI , 2/25/26, reversing a published court of appeals opinion; case activity
SCOW reverses the COA, holding , clarifies the standard of review for each of the Sell factors, holds that Green is overruled to the extent that it “require[d] each and every piece of information it lists” and declines to decide several issues.
SCOW holds that ESP was not acting as government agent when it scanned files for CSAM
State v. Andreas W. Rauch-Sharak, 2026 WI 4, 2/24/26, on certification from the court of appeals; case activity
SCOW holds that Google’s search of Rauch-Sharak’s files was a private search, slightly clarifies that legal test, and affirms.
In eagerly-awaited decision, SCOW holds that police did not exceed scope of previously conducted “private search” of suspected CSAM
State v, Michael Joseph Gasper, 2026 WI 3, 1/14/26, affirming a published decision of the court of appeals (on other grounds); case activity
In a narrow decision, SCOW holds that law enforcement did not exceed the scope of a private search conducted on a file uploaded by Gasper to Snapchat account which allegedly contained CSAM and affirms.