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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 2010AP1551-CR.

814 N.W.2d 460 (2012)

2012 WI 59

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Douglas Meier WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant there were briefs filed by Stephen P. Hurley , Dean A. Strang , Marcus J. Berghahn and Hurley, Burish, & Stanton, S.C., Madison and Jonas B. Bednarek and Bednarek Law Office, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Stephen P. Hurley.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by Sally L. Wellman , assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was J.B. Van Hollen .

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Wisconsin Association of Judicial Court Commissioners and Wisconsin Family Court Commissioners' Association, Inc. by Jon P. Axelrod , Joseph A. Ranney , John C. Gardner , and DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Jon P. Axelrod .

PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGENSACK, J.

¶ 1 This is an appeal of a decision of the Circuit Court for Rock County that the court of appeals has certified to us. The certification asks us to determine whether circuit court commissioners are prohibited from issuing warrants because doing so involves the exercise of judicial power, which Douglas Meier Williams argues is vested solely in courts and elected judges by Article VII, Section 2 of the Wisconsin Constitution...

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