In Re Commitment of Kruse

¶ 1. Robert L. Kruse, previously committed as a sexually violent person under Wis. Stat. ch. 980, appeals an order denying his petition for discharge. The circuit court held a probable cause hearing under Wis. Stat. § 980.09(2)(a) 1 following a six-month re-examination and concluded there was not probable cause to believe Kruse was no longer a sexually violent person. Kruse argues that the circuit court erred because, in arriving at this conclusion, it weighed the re-examination report that was favorable to him against another re-examination report. Kruse's contention is that the court should…