Wisconsin v. Laxton

254 Wis.2d 185 (2002)

2002 WI 82

647 N.W.2d 784

IN RE the COMMITMENT OF John Lee LAXTON:

STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent,

v.

John Lee LAXTON, Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner.

No. 99-3164.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Oral argument May 30, 2002.

Decided July 1, 2002.

For the respondent-appellant-petitioner there were briefs and oral argument by Margaret A. Maroney, assistant state public defender.

For the petitioner-respondent the cause was argued by Eileen W. Pray, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

¶ 1. N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

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