Legal Opinion
State v. Carpenter
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 1995No. 94-1898, 94-2024PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAnn Walsh Bradley, J.
These cases are before the court on certification by the court of appeals from orders of the Circuit Court for Dane County, Mark A. Frankel, Judge, and the Circuit Court for Sauk County, James Evenson, Judge, holding Wisconsin's Sexually Violent Person Commitments statute, Wis. Stat. ch. 980 (1993-94)1 unconstitutional. The respondents in these cases and the companion cases2 decided today argue that ch. 980 violates the Equal Protection, Due Process, Double Jeopardy, and Ex Post Facto Clauses of the Wisconsin and United States Constitutions. We conclude in this opinion that ch. 980 creates a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by144 opinions
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