State v. Carter

785 N.W.2d 516 (2010)

2010 WI 77

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner,

v.

Patrick C. CARTER, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 2006AP1811-CR.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Argued September 12, 2008, October 21, 2009.

Decided July 14, 2010.

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Warren D. Weinstein, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Ellen Henak, assistant state public defender.

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Chief Justice.

¶ 1 This case addresses the award of…