By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//November 6, 2012//
By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//November 6, 2012//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Criminal
Search and Seizure — search warrants — court commissioners
Walter E. Ellis appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered upon his no-contest pleas, on two counts of first-degree murder and five counts of first-degree intentional homicide. Ellis contends the circuit court erred when it denied his motions to sever the charges, to change venue because of excessive pretrial publicity, and to suppress evidence. We conclude that Ellis’s challenges to the denial of his motions to sever and to change venue are forfeited by his pleas, and his challenge to the denial of his suppression motion fails based on a recent decision of our supreme court. Therefore, we affirm the judgment. This opinion shall not be published.
Dist I, Milwaukee County, Cimpl, J., Per Curiam
Attorneys: For Appellant: Hart, Richard H., Milwaukee; For Respondent: Kassel, Jeffrey J., Madison; Loebel, Karen A., Milwaukee