On Point

State v. Jason M. Jacobs, 2012 WI App 104 (recommended for publication); case activity Search & Seizure – Consent – Blood Draw Following a fatal traffic accident, Jacobs performed field sobriety tests well enough that he wasn’t placed under arrest, but he was asked to submit to a blood draw. Jacobs called his attorney, who advised him […]

State v. Dragisa Pavlovic, 2011AP2687-CR, District 2, 8/1/12 court of appeals decision (1-judge, ineligible for publication); case activity Pavlic’s waiver of counsel so that he could represent himself at trial satisfied State v. Klessig, 211 Wis. 2d 194, 564 N.W.2d 716 (1997). ¶8        As a precautionary measure, the trial court granted Pavlovic a Klessig evidentiary hearing.  We conclude the trial court’s […]

State v. Marilyn M. Torbeck, 2012AP522-CR, District 2, 8/1/12 court of appeals decision (1-judge, ineligible for publication); case activity ¶6        … For the State to charge Torbeck with OWI under § 346.63(1)(a), DFE must be either an intoxicant, a controlled substance, a controlled substance analog, or a drug.  DFE is not listed as a controlled […]

State v. Paul H. Olson, 2011AP1728-CR, District 4, 7/26/12 court of appeals decision (1-judge, ineligible for publication); case activity ¶11      Although Officer Welker did not observe Olson commit any traffic violations, the other facts known to Officer Welker at the time he initiated questioning demonstrate that he had reasonable suspicion to justify the investigatory stop.  The incident […]

State v. Jeremiah R. Connour, 2011AP1489-CR, District 3, 7/31/12 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); case activity ¶3 n. 2: Connour’s thirty-eight-page statement of the case includes primarily verbatim Q & A trial testimony, but nonetheless omits relevant evidence necessary to address his postconviction claims.  Most of the remainder of Connour’s recitation of the “facts” inappropriately […]

court of appeals publication orders, 7/27/12 On Point posts from this list: 2012 WI App 74 Jerred Renard Washington v. State of Wisconsin / State v. Jerred Renard Washington 2012 WI App 76 State v. Willie H. Jackson 2012 WI App 77 State v. Joel Joseph Lobermeier 2012 WI App 79 State v. Wayne P. Harris 2012 WI App 82 State […]

Memorandum Decision on Recusal in: Wisconsin Judicial Commission v. David T. Prosser, Jr., 2012 WI 103 (Justice Ziegler);  case activity; companion decisions: 2012 WI 69, 2012 WI 43 Justice Ziegler, like Justice Roggensack and unlike Justice Crooks, recuses herself from a pending judicial complaint against Justice Prosser. ¶2   The highly unusual issue each justice is called upon to decide […]

State v. Terry G. Vollbrecht, 2012 WI App 90 (recommended for publication); case activity § 974.06 Motion – Laches Inapplicable  ¶17 n. 14: While we acknowledge the State’s argument that Vollbrecht’s Wis. Stat. § 974.06 motion is barred by laches and its request that we certify the issue to the supreme court, we decline the State’s invitation.  The State concedes […]

State v. Nick E. Sammon, District 2, 2011AP682-CR, 7/25/12 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); case activity Search Warrant – Erroneous Information in Application A detective’s application for a search warrant of Sammons’ residence asserted that Sammons had been convicted in Texas for drug and burglary offenses (in fact, both had been dismissed […]

State v. Chavis T. Sheriff, 2011AP1202, District 2, 7/25/12 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); case activity Sheriff’s failure to respond to a no-merit report operates as a serial litigation bar to his subsequent, § 974.06 attempt to argue that trial and postconviction counsel were ineffective. State v. Allen, 2010 WI 89, 328 Wis. […]