IN RE COMMITMENT OF KNIPFER

No. 2013AP578.

842 N.W.2d 526 (2013)

2014 WI App 9

In re the COMMITMENT OF Ronald KNIPFER. State of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Ronald Knipfer, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed December 27, 2013.


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 Nancy A. Noet , assistant attorney general, and J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general.

Before LUNDSTEN, SHERMAN and KLOPPENBURG, JJ.


LUNDSTEN, J.

¶ 1 Ronald Knipfer appeals the circuit court's order denying his May 2012 petition for discharge from his commitment under WIS. STAT. ch. 980.1 Knipfer argues that, as a matter of statutory interpretation, the Daubert2 standard that the legislature adopted in WIS. STAT. § 907.02(1) in 2011 applies to any petition for discharge filed on or after the statute's effective date. We...

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