S.Y. v. Eau Claire County

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This case is before us on a petition to review the decision of the court of appeals,1 which affirmed the judgment of the circuit court for Eau Claire county, Gregory A. Peterson, Judge, that S.Y. was mentally ill and, because of dangerousness, was subject to a one-year extension of his prior six-month commitment. We affirm the decision of the court of appeals.

This case comes to us in a peculiar factual posture. S.Y. at trial, at his own request, was allowed to waive counsel who would otherwise be provided him pursuant to sec. 51.20(3), Stats.2 After the jury found him…