STATE v. RANSDELL

No. 00-2224.

247 Wis.2d 613 (2001)

2001 WI App 202

634 N.W.2d 871

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

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided August 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Ellen Henak, assistant state public defender of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Warren D. Weinstein, assistant attorney general.

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


¶ 1. FINE, J.

Ronald Ransdell appeals from a judgment and an order finding him to be a sexually violent person under WIS. STAT. ch. 980, and committing him to institutional care pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 980.06 (1999-2000).1 His sole claim on appeal is that § 980.06 deprives him of substantive due process because it, unlike its predecessor provision, requires an automatic initial...

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