Civil Commitments

By: Derek Hawkins//February 23, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Theodore K. Sanderfoot

Case No.: 2014AP1227

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J. and Gundrum, J.

Focus: Civil Commitments

Theodore Sanderfoot appeals from orders denying his WIS. STAT. § 980.09 (2013-14) petition for discharge from his ch. 980 commitment and denying his motion for a new discharge hearing due to ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We agree with the circuit court that counsel was effective at the discharge hearing. We further conclude that the circuit court did not err in excluding references at the discharge hearing to the length of Sanderfoot’s extended supervision. We affirm.

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