State v. Knipfer

¶ 1. Ronald Knipfer appeals the circuit court's order denying his May 2012 petition for discharge from his commitment under Wis. Stat. ch. 980.1 Knipfer argues that, as a matter of statutory interpretation, the Daubert2 standard that the legislature adopted in Wis. Stat. § 907.02(1) in 2011 applies to any petition for discharge filed on or after the statute's effective date. We rejected an identical argument in State v. Alger, 2013 WI App 148, 352 Wis. 2d 145, 841 N.W.2d 329, and we apply Alger here to reject Knipfer's argument. Knipfer, however, makes related constitutional arguments that…