Alvin Taylor v. Gregory Van Rybroek

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN ALVIN TAYLOR, Petitioner, OPINION AND ORDER v. 21-cv-440-wmc GREGORY VAN RYBROEK, Respondent. After being found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect on four counts of first-degree murder, and now committed to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (“DHS”), petitioner Alvin Taylor has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C § 2254. Specifically, Taylor argues that the Wisconsin Court of Appeals misapplied the standard of proof articulated by the United States Supreme Court in Foucha v.…