State v. Stanley

¶ 1. The State of Wisconsin appeals an order dismissing the State's petition to commit Hershel Stanley as a sexually violent person under Wis. Stat. ch. 980 (2011-12).1 The circuit court dismissed the ch. 980 petition as untimely filed based on its determination that: (1) the Department of Corrections (DOC) was required to release Stanley from confinement on parole on Stanley's presumptive mandatory release date of May 7, 2008; (2) the State was required to file the ch. 980 petition before the May 7, 2008 release date; and (3) the State filed the ch. 980 petition after this release date.

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