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ST. EX REL. WIS. JOUR. v. DANE CIR. CT.

Nos. 86-0074-W, 86-0075-W.

131 Wis.2d 515 (1986)

389 N.W.2d 73

STATE EX REL. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Robert Spiegel, Editor of the Wisconsin State Journal and Anita Clark, Petitioners, v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR DANE COUNTY, BRANCH 2, the Hon. Michael B. Torphy, Presiding; State of Wisconsin; and Roger L. Engroff, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioners the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael P. May and Joanne E. Brown and Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field of Madison.

For the respondent State of Wisconsin the cause was submitted on the brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Thomas J. Balistreri, assistant attorney general.

For the respondent Roger L. Engroff the cause was submitted on the brief of Kenneth P. Casey and Deborah M. Smith, assistant state public defenders.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Eich, JJ.

EICH, J.

Petitioners, the Wisconsin State Journal, and its editor and reporter, request supervisory writs under sec. 809.51, Stats., prohibiting the Circuit Court for Dane County, the Hon. Michael B. Torphy presiding, from closing Roger Engroff's reexamination hearing. The issue is whether sec. 51.20(12), Stats., unequivocally requires the court to close the hearing on Engroff's motion. We conclude that the statute does not mandate closure and therefore grant...

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