State v. Stowe

¶1 Graham Stowe was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or mental defect (NGI) based on charges of violent criminal conduct in 2004 and was committed to the custody of the Department of Health Services (the department). Stowe now appeals a circuit court order denying his most recent petition for conditional release from department custody under WIS. STAT. § 971.17(4) (2017-18), and appeals the court's order rejecting his arguments that § 971.17(4)(d) is unconstitutional on its face and as applied to him.1 Stowe also argues that the State failed to prove by clear and convincing…