By: Derek Hawkins//June 14, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: Marquette County v. T.F.W.
Case No.: 2017AP5
Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J.
Focus: CH. 51 Commitment
T.F.W. appeals the circuit court’s orders extending his commitment and involuntary medication entered after a jury found T.F.W. to be mentally ill, a proper subject for treatment, and dangerous to himself or others. T.F.W. argues that: (1) the jury did not have sufficient evidence to find that T.F.W. was dangerous; and (2) the circuit court erred in allowing telephonic testimony without good cause being shown and in violation of T.F.W.’s right to due process. I reject T.F.W.’s arguments and affirm.