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STATE v. RACHEL

No. 00-0467.

254 Wis.2d 215 (2002)

2002 WI 81

647 N.W.2d 762

IN RE the COMMITMENT OF Tory L. RACHEL: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Tory L. RACHEL, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 1, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant there were briefs by Richard H. Hart and Hart Law Offices, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Richard H. Hart.

For the petitioner-respondent the cause was argued by Warren D. Weinstein, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

¶ 1. JON P. WILCOX, J.

This case involves a constitutional challenge to Wis. Stat. ch. 980 (1999-2000), the state's sexually violent person commitment law. The challenge is brought by respondent Tory L. Rachel, who was involuntarily committed to institutional care under ch. 980. Between the time that the State's petition for commitment was filed and the beginning of Rachel's trial, the legislature passed several amendments to ch. 980, which primarily served to...

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