STATE v. BEMBENEK

No. 2004AP1963-CR.

724 N.W.2d 685 (2006)

2006 WI App 198

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Lawrencia Ann BEMBENEK, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed September 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Mary L. Woehrer of Woehrer Law Office, Milwaukee and Joseph F. Owens of Arthur & Owens S.C., New Berlin.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Jeffrey J. Kassel, assistant attorney general and Peggy A. Lautenschlager, attorney general.

Before CURLEY, KESSLER and ANDERSON, JJ.


¶ 1 KESSLER, J.

Lawrencia A. Bembenek appeals from an order denying her motion requesting that the State pay for postconviction deoxyribonucleic acid ("DNA") testing of items in the State's possession which Bembenek "believes will exonerate her."

¶ 2 On December 9, 1992, Bembenek entered into a plea agreement wherein she agreed to plead no contest to the charge of second-degree murder of Christine Schultz in exchange for the vacating of her conviction...

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