IN RE the COMMITMENT OF Richard BROWN:
STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent,
v.
Richard BROWN, Respondent-Appellant.
IN RE the COMMITMENT OF Donald WILLIAMS:
STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
Donald WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.
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Submitted on briefs November 4, 1997.
Decided December 23, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
On behalf of the respondent-appellant Richard Brown, the cause was submitted on the briefs of JamesJ. Winiarski, of Milwaukee. On behalf of the defendant-appellant Donald Williams, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Richard D. Martin, assistant state public defender.
On behalf of the petitioner-respondent/plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Sally L. Wellman, assistant attorney general.
On behalf of Director of State Courts J. Denis Moran, an amicus brief was submitted by Brady C. Williamson and Jeffrey J. Kassel of La Follette & Sinykin, of Madison.
Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Curley, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.
CURLEY, J.
Richard Brown and Donald Williams appeal from trial court orders holding that there is no right to judicial substitution in Chapter 980 civil commitment proceedings.1 Brown and Williams argue that, under a proper interpretation of Chapter 980 and § 801.01(2), STATS., the right to judicial substitution afforded by § 801.58, STATS., does apply to Chapter 980 civil commitment proceedings. Alternatively, Brown and Williams...
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