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Briefs: Failure of Reply Brief to Respond to Argument
Dane Co. DHS v. Dyanne M., 2007 WI App 129, PFR filed 4/23 For Dyanne M.: Phillip J. Brehm Issue/Holding: Reply brief failure to address argument raised in response brief may be deemed conceded for purposes of appeal, ¶23 n. 7, citing Hoffman v. Economy Preferred Ins. Co., 2000 WI App 22, ¶9, 232 Wis. […]
Briefs – Response Brief Failure to Address Argument, as Implicit Concession
State v. Dawn R. Dartez, 2007 WI App 126, PFR filed 4/23 For Dartez: Bill Ginsberg Issue/Holding: Failure of a response brief to dispute a proposition in appellant’s brief may be taken as implicit concession of the proposition, ¶6 n. 3.
Notice of Appeal – Notice of Appeal – Contents – Inconsequential Errors
State v. Patrick Jackson, 2007 WI App 145, PFR filed 6/6/07 For Jackson: Marcella De Peters Issue/Holding: Footnote 1: Patrick Jackson’s notice of appeal says that he is appealing the trial-court order denying his motion for postconviction relief. The notice of appeal does not also indicate that he is also appealing from the judgment of […]
John Doe Proceeding – Review of, by Supervisory Writ
State ex rel. Adrian T. Hipp v. Murray, 2007 WI App 202, (AG’s) PFR filed 8/16/07Pro se Issue/Holding: Review of a judge’s actions in a John Doe proceeding aren’t subject to direct appeal, but may be reviewed by writ of mandamus: ¶9 The parties agree that we review Judge Murray’s actions in connection with Hipp’s […]
Sentence Credit, § 973.155 – Parolee Released to Another Jurisdiction not Entitled to Credit for Time Served There Against Subsequent Revocation of Wisconsin Parole
State v. Esteban Martinez, 2007 WI App 225 For Martinez: George Limbeck Issue/Holding: A Wisconsin inmate paroled to serve sentence in another jurisdiction is not entitled to credit for that service against subsequently-revoked Wisconsin parole; State v. Rohl, 160 Wis. 2d 325, 466 N.W.2d 208 (Ct. App. 1991), followed and State v. Kevin Brown, 2006 WI App 41, […]
Sentence Credit – Extended Supervision Hold
State v. Terrill J. Hintz, 2007 WI App 113, (AG’s) PFR granted 9/11/07 For Hintz: Steven D. Phillips, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue/Holding: Where an extended supervision hold is based at least in part on arrest on a new offense, § 973.115(1)(a) awards credit for time spent in custody under the hold against the sentence ultimately imposed for […]
Postconviction Motions – Evidentiary Hearing – Claim of Denial of Effective Counsel Due to Client’s Severe Hearing Impairment
State v. Dwight Glen Jones, 2007 WI App 248 For Jones: Ellen Henak, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate Issue/Holding: ¶13 Although an indigent defendant does not have the right to pick his or her trial lawyer, Mulkovich v. State, 73 Wis. 2d 464, 474, 243 N.W.2d 198, 203–204 (1976) (“This court has frequently said that, except in cases of […]
Waiver of Argument
State v. Thomas C. Burton, 2007 WI App 237 For Burton: Timothy A. Provis Issue/Holding: ¶11 As to the lack of contemporaneous objection, we note that Burton argued strenuously before Warmington testified that his proposed testimony would be irrelevant and prejudicial, and asked that he be subjected to a voir dire outside the jury’s presence. […]
Waiver of Argument – Failure to Cite Pertinent Authority in Trial Court Doesn’t Alone Amount to Failure to Preserve Issue
State v. Heather A. Markwardt, 2007 WI App 242, PFR filed 11/29/07 For Markwardt: Richard Hahn Issue/Holding: ¶13 … The State’s citation for the first time on appeal to Davis and Ross is not a new argument but citation to additional authority. Citation to additional authority and legal analysis on appeal does not constitute “new […]
Waiver: Closing Argument – Failure to Move for Mistrial – Rule Inapplicable Where Objection Denied
State v. Caltone K. Cockrell, 2007 WI App 217, PFR filed For Cockrell: Paul R. Nesson, Jr. Issue/Holding: ¶44, n. 14: The State also argues that Cockrell waived his right to object on this ground because he did not move for a mistrial. We agree with Cockrell that the case the State relies on for […]
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