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STATE v. KIENITZ

No. 97-1460.

221 Wis.2d 275 (1998)

585 N.W.2d 609

IN RE the COMMITMENT OF Peter KIENITZ: STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Peter KIENITZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Suzanne Hagopian, assistant state public defender, of Madison.

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

Before Eich, C.J., Vergeront and Roggensack, JJ.

VERGERONT, J.

Peter Kienitz appeals from an order committing him to a secure mental health facility as a sexually violent person under Chapter 980, STATS. After a trial to the court, the court determined that Kienitz had been convicted of a sexually violent offense and is dangerous because he suffers from a mental disorder, pedophilia, which makes it substantially probable that he will engage in acts of sexual violence...

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