STATE v. MERCADO

No. 2018AP2419-CR.

953 N.W.2d 337 (2021)

2021 WI 2

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Angel MERCADO, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: January 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Scott E. Rosenow , assistant attorney general; with whom on the brief was Joshua L. Kaul , attorney general. There was an oral argument by Scott E. Rosenow.

For the defendant-appellant, there was a brief filed by Esther Cohen Lee , Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Esther Cohen Lee.

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Robert R. Henak , Ellen Henak , and Henak Law Office, S.C., Milwaukee.

ROGGENSACK, C.J., delivered the majority opinion for a unanimous Court.


¶1 We review the court of appeals' decision1 that reversed the circuit court's2 conviction of Angel Mercado based on its determination that the video-recorded forensic interviews of Mercado's victims were inadmissible. On appeal, the State urges us to...

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