STATE v. KNIGHT

No. 99-0368-CR.

232 Wis.2d 305 (1999)

2000 WI App 16

606 N.W.2d 291

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert C. KNIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Scott B. Taylor of Lucas, Wilkoski & Taylor of West Allis.

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 Brown, P.J., Nettesheim and Snyder, JJ.


¶ 1. NETTESHEIM, J.

The issue is whether the client files of disbarred attorney Robert C. Knight were legally seized and then searched pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 22.271(2)(a) and (b) (West 1998). Information from one of the files formed the basis for a criminal prosecution against Knight that resulted in a conviction for felony embezzlement pursuant to § 943.20(1)(b) and (3)(c), STATS. We uphold the ruling...

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