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STATE v. BURGESS

No. 00-3074.

258 Wis.2d 548 (2002)

2002 WI App 264

654 N.W.2d 81

IN RE the COMMITMENT OF Steven J. BURGESS: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Steven J. BURGESS, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Steven P. Weiss, assistant state public defender, and Jefren E. Olsen, assistant state public defender of Madison.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Diane M. Welsh, assistant attorney general.

Before Cane, C.J., Hoover, P.J., and Peterson, J.

¶ 1. CANE, C.J.

Steven Burgess appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him a sexually violent person and an order committing him to institutional care pursuant to WIS. STAT. ch. 980.1 Burgess argues (1) the trial court had no jurisdiction to conduct the commitment proceedings because he is a Native American and he committed the underlying act on the reservation where he lived; (2) the commitment violated due process because...

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