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Bail-Jumping, § 946.49(1)(a) – “Release from Custody” – Cash and Recognizance Bonds Support Bail Jumping
State v. Travis S. Dewitt, 2008 WI App 134, PFR filed 8/19/08 For Dewitt: William E. Schmaal, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether someone simultaneously held under personal recognizance and cash bonds can be guilty of bail jumping for acts committed in the jail. Holding: ¶12 … Wis. Stat. § 946.49 provides that someone who “having been released […]
Using Computer to Facilitate Child Sex-Crime, § 948.075(3) – Element of Act “Other Than … Computerized Communication”
State v. Eric T. Olson, 2008 WI App 171 For Olson: Byron C. Lichstein Issue/Holding: The “act other than element” of § 948.075(3) isn’t satisfied by either transmission of live video of the shirtless defendant, or by his prior sexual encounters with others he met on-line: ¶11 Accordingly, we read the statute to require that, […]
§ 948.07(6), Enticement — Causing Child to Enter Room for Purpose of Giving Controlled Substance
State v. Lawrence Payette, 2008 WI App 106, PFR filed 6/30/08 For Payette: Robert R. Henak; Amelia L. Bizzaro Issue/Holding: Providing cocaine to a minor in exchange for sex supported plea-based conviction for enticement within § 948.07(6), ¶23.
§ 948.08, Causing Child to Practice Prostitution – Repeated Sex Acts in Exchange for Cocaine
State v. Lawrence Payette, 2008 WI App 106, PFR filed 6/30/08 For Payette: Robert R. Henak; Amelia L. Bizzaro Issue: Whether repeated “dope dating” (giving a minor cocaine on multiple occasions in exchange for sex) amounts to causing the child to practice prostitution within the meaning of § 948.08. Holding1: “Practice” prostitution: ¶15 Payette is […]
Possession of Child Pornography, § 948.12(1m) – Elements – Depiction of “Real” Children Necessary
State v. Jason K. Van Buren, 2008 WI App 26, PFR filed 1/23/08 For Van Buren: Waring R. Fincke Issue/Holding: Possession of child pornography, § 948.12(1m), requires depiction of real, as opposed to “virtual,” children: ¶6 … Wisconsin Stat. § 948.12(1m) (2005-06) [1] criminalizes the knowing possession of any “photograph … of a child engaging in […]
Possession of Child Pornography, § 948.12(1m) – Jury Instructions – Unanimity: Agreement as to Which Picture Was Shown and Was Harmful
State v. Jason K. Van Buren, 2008 WI App 26, PFR filed 1/23/08 For Van Buren: Waring R. Fincke Issue/Holding: Counsel’s failure to request a specific unanimity instruction with respect to juror agreement on which of the identified pictures was both harmful and shown to the victim was not prejudicial: ¶22 We reject this claim […]
Arrest – Probable Cause – Specific Examples: Disorderly Conduct
State v. Tanya L. Marten-Hoye, 2008 WI App 19, (AG’s) PFR filed 2/20/08; prior history: Certification, rejected 9/10/07 For Marten-Hoye: Lora B. Cerone, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶31 Wisconsin Stat. § 947.01 prohibits “violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud or otherwise disorderly conduct under circumstances in which the conduct tends to cause or provoke a disturbance.” Ben-Ami observed […]
Arrest – Probable Cause – OWI
Waukesha County v. Eric D. Smith, 2008 WI 23, affirming unpublished decision For Smith: Kirk B. Obear Issue/Holding: ¶36 We conclude that under the circumstances of the present case, the Deputy’s knowledge at the time of the arrest would lead a reasonable law enforcement officer to believe that the defendant was operating a motor vehicle while under […]
Arrest — Search Incident to Arrest — Chimel “Immediate Control” Rule – Inapplicable Where Defendant Removed from Scene
State v. Dwight M. Sanders, 2008 WI 85, affirming as modified, 2007 WI App 174 For Sanders: Patrick M. Donnelly, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: Where the defendant had already been removed from the premises following his arrest, a search of his bedroom couldn’t be justified under a search-incident rationale: ¶51 The State contends that Officer Garcia’s second search […]
Arrest – Test for Custody, Generally
State v. Tanya L. Marten-Hoye, 2008 WI App 19, (AG’s) PFR filed 2/20/08; prior history: Certification, rejected 9/10/07 For Marten-Hoye: Lora B. Cerone, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: Where the officer handcuffed the defendant and told her she was under arrest for an ordinance violation, but also told her that she would “be released if she continued to be cooperative,” […]
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