COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE v. EDWARD S.

No. 00-1003.

247 Wis.2d 87 (2001)

2001 WI App 169

633 N.W.2d 241

IN the MATTER OF the MENTAL COMMITMENT OF EDWARD S.: COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE, Petitioner-Respondent, v. EDWARD S., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Andrea Taylor Cornwall and Richard D. Martin, assistant state public defenders of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Robert A. McKnight, principal assistant corporation counsel, Milwaukee County.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Curley, JJ.


¶ 1. WEDEMEYER, P.J.

Edward S. appeals from an order denying his post-commitment motion for relief. He claims that the circuit court lost competency to commit him because the final commitment hearing was not held within fourteen days after his initial detention in violation of WIS. STAT. § 51.20(7)(c) (1999-2000).1 The issue in this appeal is whether the fourteen-day deadline for a...

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