STATE v. WENK

No. 00-3334-CR.

248 Wis.2d 714 (2001)

2001 WI App 268

637 N.W.2d 417

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Thomas WENK, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael K. Gould, assistant state public defender, of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Eileen W. Pray, assistant attorney general, of Madison.

Before Fine, Curley and Hoover, JJ.


¶ 1. CURLEY, J.

Thomas Wenk appeals the trial court's denial of his petition seeking a conditional release from his 1979 commitment entered after the trial court found him not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of four felonies and found him dangerous to others, pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 971.17 (1977). Wenk argues that the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion when it determined that the State had proved by clear and convincing evidence...

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