State v. Schulpius

¶ 1. Shawn David Schulpius, in July 1996, was civilly committed by the State as a sexually violent person under Wis. Stat. ch. 980 (2009-10).1 In January 2010, his petition for discharge was denied after a hearing before a jury. He now appeals from the circuit court's order denying his subsequent August 2010 petition for discharge without a hearing. Schulpius argues that: (1) the circuit court applied the wrong standard to determine whether his August 2010 petition entitled him to a hearing pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 980.09(2); and (2) even if we accept the State's standard for determining when…