DASSEY v. DITTMANN

No. 16-3397.

860 F.3d 933 (2017)

Brendan DASSEY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Michael A. DITTMANN, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Nirider , Attorney, Steven A. Drizin , Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, Robert J. Dvorak , Attorney, Halling & Cayo, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Luke N. Berg , Deputy Solicitor General, Daniel P. Lennington , Attorney, Misha Tseytlin , Attorney, Ryan J. Walsh , Attorney, Kevin Michael LeRoy , Attorney, Jacob J. Wittwer , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellant.

Marsha L. Levick , Attorney, Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA, for Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Incorporated, Brandon L. Garrett.

Before Rovner, Williams, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Teresa Halbach disappeared on Halloween Day, 2005. Her concerned family and friends contacted law enforcement after she did not show up at the photography studio where she worked and her voice mailbox was full. Law enforcement officers quickly zeroed in on the Avery Auto Salvage yard in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, as the

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