State v. Sveum

787 N.W.2d 317 (2010)

2010 WI 92

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

Michael A. SVEUM, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

No. 2008AP658-CR.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Argued March 2, 2010.

Decided July 20, 2010.

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Dean A. Strang, Marcus J. Berghahn, and Hurley, Burish & Stanton, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Dean A. Strang.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by Daniel J. O'Brien, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Amelia L.…