State ex rel. Robins v. Madden

¶ 1. This is a review

of an unpublished opinion and order of the court of appeals denying a petition for a supervisory writ of mandamus.1 Ira Robins ("Robins") sought the writ to compel the Circuit Court for Taylor County, Patrick J. Madden, Judge, to examine all the witnesses produced by Robins at a John Doe hearing under Wis. Stat. § 968.26 (2007-08).2 The court of appeals concluded that § 968.26 does not require the circuit judge to examine all the witnesses produced by a John Doe *369complainant.3 It therefore denied the petition for a writ of mandamus because Judge Madden had no plain legal…