IN RE COMMITMENT OF ARENDS

No. 2008AP52.

784 N.W.2d 513 (2010)

2010 WI 46

In re the COMMITMENT OF Daniel ARENDS. State of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Daniel Arends, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Christine A. Remington, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general.

For the respondent-appellant there was a brief by Leonard D. Kachinsky and Sisson & Kachinsky Law Offices, Appleton, and oral argument by Leonard D. Kachinsky.


¶ 1 MICHAEL J. GABLEMAN, J.

This case involves the discharge procedure for a person civilly committed as a sexually violent person under Wis. Stat. ch. 980 (2005-06).1 Daniel Arends was civilly committed in 2005 as a sexually violent person, and he petitioned for discharge under Wis. Stat. § 980.09 in 2007. The circuit court reviewed the petition for discharge and three reports discussing...

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