State v. Beyer

DYKMAN, PJ.

¶ 1. Deryl B. Beyer appeals from a judgment committing him to a secure mental health facility after a jury found that he was a sexually violent person. He argues that, because his probable cause hearing was held after the statutory seventy-two-hour time limit, the trial court lost competence to proceed and the petition for his commitment should have been dismissed. We disagree and conclude that, because the seventy-two-hour time limit is directory, the court did not lose competence.

¶ 2. Beyer also argues that at trial, the State failed to prove an element essential to a Wis. Stat.…