STATE v. POST

Nos. 94-2356, 94-2357.

197 Wis.2d 279 (1995)

541 N.W.2d 115

STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel E. POST, Respondent-Respondent. STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ben R. OLDAKOWSKI, Respondent-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided December 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant the cause was argued by Sally L. Wellman, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the respondents-respondents the cause was argued by Kenneth P. Casey, assistant state public defender, with whom on the brief was Keith A. Findley and Richard Martin, assistant state public defenders.


JANINE P. GESKE, J.

These cases are before the court upon certification by the court of appeals pursuant to Rule 809.61 of the Wisconsin Statutes.1 The State appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Dane County, Stuart A. Schwartz, Circuit Judge, dismissing petitions filed in both cases under Wis. Stat. Chapter 980, the Sexually Violent Person Commitments statute, on the grounds that it...

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