STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 2018AP2318-CR.

961 N.W.2d 18 (2021)

2021 WI 61

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Alan M. JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: June 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant, there was a brief filed by Catherine E. White , Stephen P. Hurley , Jonas B. Bednarek , Marcus J. Berghahn , and Hurley Burish, S.C., Madison. There was an oral argument by Catherine E. White .

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

HAGEDORN, J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court, in which ANN WALSH BRADLEY, REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, and DALLET, JJ., joined. ZIEGLER, C.J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which ROGGENSACK, J., joined, and in which KAROFSKY, J., joined ¶¶1-3, 5-23, and 30-48.


¶1 In the middle of the night, Alan M. Johnson snuck into the home of his brother-in-law (K.M.) seeking evidence of child pornography. Johnson brought a gun. After searching K.M.'s computer for more than two hours, K.M. appeared in the doorway and saw Johnson. K.M. shut the door, as Johnson described it, and then burst through...

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