Wisconsin v. Parrish

¶ 1. Kenneth Parrish appeals from the trial court judgment and order committing him to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, following a bench trial in which the court found that he was a sexually violent person under ch. 980. He also appeals from the trial court order denying his motion for post-commitment relief. Parrish argues that the trial court erred in: (1) concluding that neither claim preclusion nor issue preclusion barred the State from seeking his ch. 980 commitment following his parole revocation, even though the State had failed to prove that he was a sexually…