IN RE COMMITMENT OF CARTER

Appeal No.: 2015AP1311.

892 N.W.2d 754 (2017)

373 Wis.2d 722

2017 WI App 9

IN RE the COMMITMENT OF Howard CARTER: State of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Howard Carter, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: January 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant ATTORNEYS: On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of and oral argument by Len Kachinsky of Sisson and Kachinsky Law Offices, Appleton.

Respondent ATTORNEYS: On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas J. Balistreri , assistant attorney general, and Brad D. Schimel , attorney general. There was oral argument by Donald V. Latorraca , assistant attorney general.

Before Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.


¶ 1 Howard Carter appeals an order denying without a trial his 2013 petition seeking discharge from his WIS. STAT. ch. 980 commitment as a "sexually violent person,"1 as well as an order denying his motion for reconsideration. Carter contends his initial attorney...

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