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STATE v. WHITAKER

No. 2020AP29-CR.

976 N.W.2d 304 (2022)

2022 WI 54

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Westley D. WHITAKER, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: July 5, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Christopher M. Zachar and Zachar Law Office, LLC, La Crosse. There was an oral argument by Christopher M. Zachar .

For the plaintiff-respondent, there was a brief filed by Daniel J. O'Brien , assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Joshua L. Kaul , attorney general. There was an oral argument by Daniel J. O'Brien .

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

¶1 As a teenager, Westley Whitaker preyed on his three younger sisters, repeatedly sexually assaulting them while they all were living in an Amish community in Vernon County. Whitaker's parents and elders in the community became aware of the assaults, but failed to protect the victims by either stopping Whitaker from continuing...

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