Legal Opinion
State v. Kienitz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided July 2, 1999No. 97-1460PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJon P. Wilcox, J.
¶ 1. The petitioner, Peter Kienitz, seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State v. Kienitz, 221 Wis. 2d 275, 585 N.W.2d 609 (Ct. App. 1998), which upheld a dispositional order of the Circuit Court for Dane County, the Honorable Sarah B. O'Brien. The circuit court found Kienitz to be a sexually violent person under Wis. Stat. ch. 980 (1993-94), 1 and ordered his commitment.
¶ 2. The issues presented on appeal to this court are: (1) how should the term "substantially probable" be defined in Wis. Stat. ch. 980; (2) does the failure to define "substantially probable"…
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3Cited by32 opinions
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