State v. Bowser

HIGGINBOTHAM, PJ.

¶ 1. This is a discovery case that arises in the context of a criminal prosecution for possession of child pornography. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the circuit court properly exercised its discretion under Wis. Stat. § 971.23(6) (2007-08)1 in granting the State's motion for a protective order, which allowed Bowser's defense team access *224at a State facility to a computer hard drive allegedly containing child pornography evidence, but prohibited the defense from obtaining a copy of the hard drive.2 We conclude, on the record before the circuit court, and in light…