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7th circuit court of appeals decision Habeas – Napue Issue The Supreme Court has held that “a conviction obtained through use of false evidence, known to be such by representatives of the State, must fall under the Fourteenth Amendment.” Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 269 (1959) …. Thus, a new trial is required if […]

Posting will be light to non-existent, 9/27 – 10/5. Expect, during this time frame, Wisconsin court of appeals decisions and September publication orders, and the first USSC cert grants of OT ’10 (which might include an important good-faith issue; see this Orin Kerr post).

7th circuit court of appeals decision Prison Mail – Access to Courts As a matter of the due process right to a fair hearing in a civil matter, which includes the right to aid of counsel, a prison inmate is entitled to receive confidential communications from his lawyer. However, the prison is entitled, as a matter of security, […]

court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Grenie: John C. Orth; Steven J. House; BiC; Resp.; Reply Traffic Stop – Blue Lights Traffic stop for having blue lights lit on front of vehicle, upheld. (§ 347.07(2)(a) bars display of “(a)ny color of light other than white or amber visible from directly in front.”) ¶6        Grenie […]

Dane Co. DHS v. Tierra M., 2010AP1648, District 4, 9/23/10 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Tierra M.: Martha K. Askins, SPD, Madison Appellate The court rejects the idea that Tierra M.’s termination of parental rights wasn’t “fully tried” under the theory that the subsequently decided Sheboygan County Department of Health & […]

Milwaukee County v. Earl Z., 2010AP704, District 1, 9/23/10 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Earl Z.: Jeremy Perri, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate County appeal of dismissal of emergency detention at probable cause stage is moot, where facts supporting that requested detention are no longer operative. Exceptions to mootness — appellate court may reach merits if the […]

State v. Seneca Joseph Boykin, 2009AP2499-CR, District 2, 9/22/10 court of appeals decision (3-judge, not recommended for publication); for Boykin: Mark A. Schoenfeldt; BiC; Resp. A probation agent may not evade the warrant requirement by acting as a “stalking horse” for the police in conducting a warrantless search of a probationer’s residence, ¶10. In this instance, probation […]

State v. James Stoner, III, 2009AP2963, District 2, 9/22/10 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Stoner: Joshua Davis Uller; BiC; Resp.; Reply “Reopen-and-amend” plea bargains, “referring to those plea bargains where the State and defendant agree that a judgment of conviction, once announced, will be amended by the State upon the happening of […]

decision below: 2010 WI App 42; for Beauchamp: Martin E. Kohler, Craig S. Powell Issues (from Table of Pending Cases): Does the confrontation clause bar admission of testimonial dying declarations against a defendant in light of Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 and State v. Manuel, 2005 WI 75, 281 Wis. 2d 554, 697 N.W.2d […]

decision below: unpublished; for Brenda B.: Leonard D. Kachinsky; prior post, here. Issue (from Table of Pending Cases): Did the trial court correctly exercise its discretion in denying a parent’s motion to withdraw a no contest plea that grounds existed for termination of parental rights without an evidentiary hearing?