IN RE COMMITMENT OF SMALLEY

No. 2006AP1475.

741 N.W.2d 286 (2007)

2007 WI App 219

In re the COMMITMENT OF Barry L. SMALLEY. State of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Barry L. Smalley, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed September 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Donald T. Lang, assistant state public defender of Madison.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general, and Warren D. Weinstein, assistant attorney general.

Before BROWN, C.J., ANDERSON, P.J., NETTESHEIM, J.


¶ 1 BROWN, C.J.

This is an appeal from a WIS. STAT. ch. 980 (2005-06)1 commitment. Barry L. Smalley claims that certain trial testimony obscured the central issue of his dangerousness due to mental disorder. Smalley's counsel did not object to the testimony he now complains of, but Smalley nevertheless asks us to reverse and order a new trial in the interest of justice.

¶ 2 Smalley first argues that one of the experts...

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