STATE v. SURIANO

No. 2015AP959-CR.

893 N.W.2d 543 (2017)

2017 WI 42

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jack M. SURIANO, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: April 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by Kevin M. LeRoy , deputy solicitor general, with whom on the brief was Daniel P. Lennington , assistant attorney general, Misha Tseytlin , solicitor general and Brad D, Schimel , attorney general.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Kelli S. Thompson , state public defender and Joseph N. Ehmann , regional attorney manager, Wisconsin State Public Defender. Oral argument by Joseph N. Ehmann .


¶ 1 We review whether Jack Suriano's actions, which caused three attorneys appointed by the State Public Defender to withdraw in rapid succession, constituted forfeiture of his right to counsel, and whether the right-to-counsel warnings and procedure this court recommended in State v. Cummings

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