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IN RE COMMITMENT OF NELSON

No. 2005AP810.

727 N.W.2d 364 (2006)

2007 WI App 2

In re the COMMITMENT OF Scott R. NELSON. State of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Scott R. Nelson, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

December 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joseph L. Sommers, Madison.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Warren D. Weinstein, Assistant Attorney General, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager, Attorney General.

Before LUNDSTEN, P.J., DYKMAN and VERGERONT, JJ.

¶ 1 LUNDSTEN, P.J.

Scott Nelson appeals the circuit court's judgment committing him as a sexually violent person under WIS. STAT. chapter 980 and the order denying his motion for reconsideration and a new trial. He challenges the recently modified definition of "sexually violent person" under chapter 980 on both substantive due process and equal protection grounds.1 The new definition lowers the level of dangerousness required for...

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