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STATE v. SKAMFER

No. 92-1932-CR.

176 Wis.2d 304 (1993)

500 N.W.2d 369

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Matthew C. SKAMFER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 14, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Morris D. Berman of Giesen & Berman, S.C. of Madison.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general and Sally L. Wellman, assistant attorney general.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Brown and Anderson, JJ.

NETTESHEIM, P.J.

The principal issue on appeal is whether Matthew C. Skamfer's commitment to a mental institution upon a finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect rendered him a "prisoner" within the meaning of the battery by prisoners statute, sec. 940.20(1), Stats. We hold it did.

Skamfer also asserts that the trial court committed statutory and constitutional error by refusing to appoint a psychiatrist on his behalf following his plea...

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