BENCH BLOG: Court weighs in on difference between custody, detention
A sexual-assault case provided the context for the Court of Appeals to distinguish a formal arrest from detention in one’s home during the execution of a search warrant.
BENCH BLOG: Sheriff fights law, law wins
A sheriff did battle with the open records law and lost.
Should grandparents have visitation rights?
In a rare unanimous decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court construed the meaning of the statute on grandparents’ visitation rights after a divorce.
Case tests limits of exception for dying declarations
In Judge William Brash’s first published appellate opinion, he tackles the hearsay exception for dying declarations.
Court fumbles with abortion-case ruling
The Court of Appeals rejected Planned Parenthood’s bid for declaratory judgment on the construction of two abortion statutes, and in the process damaged the idea of justiciability.
BENCH BLOG: Community caretaker function case highlights decline of high court
A majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices expanded the contours of the community-caretaker exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement even while embarrassing themselves through the way they reached their decision.
BENCH BLOG: Court stretches in heroin blood draw case
In a case involving suspected heroin abuse, the Wisconsin Supreme Court decided a warrantless blood draw was justified primarily because heroin tends to dissipate rapidly in a person's bloodstream.
BENCH BLOG: Does long arm of Wisconsin law extend down under?
The Court of Appeals has ruled that a Wisconsin resident cannot obtain long-arm jurisdiction over the Sydney Morning Herald without offending the Due Process Clause.
BENCH BLOG: Apartment parking garage is not curtilage
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a parking garage that lies beneath an apartment building and has locked entrances is not protected curtilage under the Fourth Amendment.
BENCH BLOG: Errors abound in child sexual assault case
An attorney’s recent representation of a defendant charged with child sexual assault was so ineffective that the defendant’s constitutional right to counsel was violated and his convictions reversed.
BENCH BLOG: Extending the reach of Daubert
The Court of Appeals has once again extended the application of Daubert standards in Wisconsin, this time to a social worker’s testimony in a case involving the sexual assault of a child.
BENCH BLOG: Divided appeals court affirms right of confrontation only at trials
The Court of Appeals has affirmed that it's not only the rules of evidence that do not apply in criminal pretrial proceedings; equally inapplicable is the right of confrontation.
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