STATE v. THOMAS

No. 2020AP32-CR.

985 N.W.2d 87 (2023)

2023 WI 9

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Oscar C. THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: February 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by John T. Wasielewski and Wasielewski & Erickson, Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by John T. Wasielewski .

For the plaintiff-respondent, there was a brief filed by Sonya K. Bice , assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Joshua L. Kaul , attorney general. There was an oral argument by Sonya K. Bice , assistant attorney general.

ROGGENSACK, J., announced the mandate of the Court, and delivered an opinion, in which ZIEGLER, C.J., joined, and the majority opinion of the Court with respect to ¶2 and ¶¶12-24, in which ANN WALSH BRADLEY, REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, DALLET and KAROFSKY, JJ., joined, and in which HAGEDORN, J., joined with respect to ¶¶12-24. DALLET, J., filed a concurring opinion, which constitutes the majority opinion of the Court, in which ANN WALSH BRADLEY, REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, and KAROFSKY, JJ., joined. HAGEDORN, J., filed a concurring opinion.


¶1 We review a published decision of the court of appeals1 that affirmed the circuit court's2 judgment of conviction and its denial of Oscar C. Thomas's postconviction motion.

¶2 We accepted two issues for review. First, whether Thomas's confession...

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