On Point

Here’s a fun story copied in from this week’s ABA Journal blawg! Lawyer leaves $200K Ferrari in floodwaters to make it to hearing on time Posted Jul 10, 2013 5:30 PM CDT By Molly McDonough Quite a buzz was created in Toronto this week when after torrential rains, a silver Ferrari was left stranded in a […]

State v. Julius C. Burton, 2013 WI 61, affirming unpublished court of appeals decision; unanimous opinion by Justice Prosser; case activity In a case of interest primarily, if not exclusively, to lawyers handling postconviction proceedings in state courts, the supreme court holds Burton’s plea withdrawal motion was insufficient to merit an evidentiary hearing because it […]

Tomorrow look for decisions in: Outagamie County v. Melanie L., 2012AP99, Manitowoc County v. Samuel J.H., 2012AP665, State v. Brandon M. Melton, 2011AP1770-CR/2100AP1771-Cr, On Friday SCOW will release decisions in: State v. Starks, 2010AP425 State v. Alexander, 2011AP394-CR State v. Edler, 2011AP2916-CR If you’re following petitions for review, the next petitions conference is July 31st. […]

Dane County v. Sheila W., 2013 WI 63 (per curiam), affirming court of appeals summary disposition; case activity The supreme court dismisses as moot a case presenting the questions of whether Wisconsin recognizes the “mature minor” doctrine, which permits a minor to give or refuse consent to medical treatment after a finding that she is sufficiently mature […]

State v. Roy H. Beals, 2012AP1079-CR, District 2/1, 7/9/13; court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); case activity Ineffective assistance of counsel Trial counsel in a sexual assault prosecution was not ineffective for failing to object to portions of two different video statements of the child victim (one from 2007, the other from 2009) because the […]

Do you take appellate appointments from the State Public Defender? Do you wonder what an SPD appellate appointment entails?  The resource you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived: Appellate Practice and Procedure for SPD-Appointed Counsel.  This handbook covers everything from issue spotting, to communicating with clients, postconviction motions, merit appeals, no-merit procedure, and petitions for review. […]

By Adam Plotkin, SPD Legislative Liaison With the budget and compensation plan through the legislature, and recently signed by the Governor, I wanted to recap the major provisions affecting the SPD in those two packages. Future articles will focus on other changes affecting the SPD’s legal practice; this is a review of those issues specific […]

State v. Neumann, 2011AP1044 and 2011AP1105, on certification from the court of appeals; case activity; majority opinion by C.J. Abrahamson. In a 94-page decision, including a lone dissent by Justice Prosser, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin has affirmed the 2nd degree reckless homicide convictions of Dale and Leilani Neumann for the death of their 11-year […]

State v. Samuel Curtis Johnson, III, 2013 WI 59 (per curiam), affirming, as modified, an unpublished court of appeals opinion; reconsideration granted, 2014 WI 16 (per curiam); Justices Prosser and Gableman not participating; case activity (Note: On July 22, 2013, both Johnson and the state filed motions for reconsideration of the court’s original decision; the motions were decided […]

State v. Ladarius Marshall, 2012AP140-CR, District 1, 7/2/13; court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); case activity The trial court properly denied Marshall’s motion to suppress his statements to police made during on-again off-again interrogation lasting from 10:45 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The court first rejects Marshall’s argument he didn’t invoke his right to […]