Legal Opinion
State v. Hanson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 1981No. 79-568-CRPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliam G. Callow, J.
This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals which reversed an order of the circuit court for Winnebago county, Hon. Edmund P. Arpin, circuit judge, discharging Ernest Hanson (the defendant) from commitment under Chapter 975, Stats. 1975, the Wisconsin Sex Crimes Act. 1 Hanson, convicted of rape in 1975, petitioned the trial court for an order of discharge pursuant to sec. 975.09, Stats. 1975, 2 after the Department of Health and Social Services had failed to conduct a periodic examination in accordance with the terms of that section. At the hearing scheduled in response to the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. WalbergWisconsin Supreme Court · 1982
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- State v. BuelowCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1984
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- State v. HigginbothamCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1982
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