State Ex Rel. Pharm v. Bartow

¶ 1. Frederick Lee Pharm appeals from an order denying his petition for habeas corpus discharge from a commitment pursuant to Wis. Stat. ch. 980 (2003-04). Pharm argues that his waiver of extradition from Nevada to Wisconsin under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD) authorized only the Wisconsin criminal prosecution, not the later ch. 980 commitment proceeding. We hold that Pharm's rights under his waiver of extradition and the IAD were fully honored and that neither Pharm's waiver of extradition nor the IAD immunized Pharm from the subsequent ch. 980 commitment proceeding. We affirm…