Legal Opinion
State v. Peter J. Hanson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 2019No. 2016AP002058-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRebecca Frank Dallet, J.
*610 *238 ¶1 Peter Hanson ("Hanson") seeks review of the court of appeals' 1 decision affirming the circuit court's 2 denial of his postconviction motion.
¶2 Chad McLean ("McLean") disappeared on the night of February 22, 1998. His body was found one month later in the Pensaukee River with four gunshot wounds to his head. The case went cold until 2009 when Hanson's estranged wife Kathy Hanson ("Kathy") gave a statement to police implicating Hanson in McLean's murder. In November 2012, a judge in Oconto County held a John Doe proceeding to further investigate McLean's murder. 3 Hanson testified at that…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Oregon v. MathiasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Minnesota v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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