MATTER OF COMMITMENT OF E.J.W.

No. 2020AP370.

966 N.W.2d 590 (2021)

2021 WI 85

In the MATTER OF the Mental COMMITMENT OF E.J.W.: Waukesha County, Petitioner-Respondent, v. E.J.W., Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: November 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Lauren J. Breckenfelder , assistant state public defender. There was an oral argument by Lauren J. Breckenfelder .

For the petitioner-respondent, there was a brief filed by Zachary M. Bosch , assistant corporation counsel. There was an oral argument by Zachary M. Bosch .

ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court, in which DALLET, HAGEDORN, and KAROFSKY, JJ., joined. ZIEGLER, C.J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which ROGGENSACK and REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, JJ., joined.


¶1 The petitioner, E.J.W., seeks review of an unpublished, authored decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's order extending his involuntary commitment.1 He argues that the circuit court incorrectly determined that his jury...

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