STATE v. SALAS GAYTON

No. 2013AP646-CR.

882 N.W.2d 459 (2016)

2016 WI 58

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Leopoldo R. SALAS GAYTON, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs by Colleen D. Ball , assistant state public defender, and oral argument by Colleen D. Ball.

For the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was argued by Christopher G. Wren , assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Brad D. Schimel , attorney general.

There was an amicus curiae brief by Jeffrey O. Davis , Haar Katta , and Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, WI on behalf of the Irrevocable Trust for the Benefit of Hayden Isabella Lamb .

There was an amicus curiae brief by Matthew S. Pinix, Karyn Rotker, and ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation, Milwaukee, Claudia Valenzuela (pro hac vice) and National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL, Barbara J. Graham and Catholic Charities Legal Services for Immigrants, Milwaukee, and Stacy Taeuber, University of Wisconsin Law School Immigrant Justice Clinic. Oral argument by Matthew S. Pinix.


¶ 1 This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming the Milwaukee County Circuit Court's denial of a postconviction motion by Leopoldo Salas Gayton (Salas Gayton).1

¶ 2 Salas Gayton pled no contest to two charges that arose after he killed Corrie Damske...

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