Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//February 15, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Christopher E. Mikulski

Case No.: 2016AP1918

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence

Christopher Mikulski appeals a judgment entered upon a jury verdict adjudging him to be a sexually violent person under WIS. STAT. ch. 980 (2015-16). On appeal, Mikulski contends the evidence introduced at trial was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict because the State’s expert opined that Mikulski was “likely,” rather than “more likely than not” to commit another sexually violent offense. We conclude there was sufficient evidence for the jury to conclude Mikulski was more likely than not to commit a sexually violent offense. We therefore affirm.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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