STATE v. COUGHLIN

No. 2019AP1876-CR.

975 N.W.2d 179 (2022)

2022 WI 43

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Donald P. COUGHLIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: June 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Winn S. Collins , assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Joshua L. Kaul , attorney general. There was an oral argument by Winn S. Collins .

For the defendant-appellant, there was a brief filed by Phillip J. Brehm and Phillip J. Brehm Attorney at Law, Janesville. There was an oral argument by Phillip J. Brehm .

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


¶1 The State of Wisconsin seeks review of the court of appeals' unpublished decision, which reversed Donald Coughlin's convictions on 15 counts of sexual assault. Specifically, those counts consisted of 14 counts of first-degree and second-degree sexual assault of a child and one count of repeated sexual assault of a child...

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