STATE v. ZANELLI

No. 98-0733.

223 Wis.2d 545 (1998)

589 N.W.2d 687

IN RE the COMMITMENT OF Ronald J. ZANELLI: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Ronald J. ZANELLI, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jane Krueger Smith of Oconto Falls.

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

Before Cane, C.J., Myse, P.J., and Hoover, J.


CANE, C.J.

Ronald Zanelli appeals from an order, following a jury trial, requiring his civil commitment as a sexually violent person under ch. 980, STATS. Zanelli raises four arguments in this, his second appeal. First, he claims that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to support a diagnosis of pedophilia because he did not meet the diagnostic criteria for pedophilia in the DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS § 302.2 at 527-28...

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