Wisconsin v. Treadway

¶ 1. Thomas Treadway appeals from the trial court order denying his postverdict motions "to have his commitment as a sexually violent person reversed or vacated, and to have the [petition alleging that he is a sexually violent person] dismissed for want of jurisdiction," or, alternatively, to be granted a new trial "upon his additional claims of error." Contending that his commitment is unlawful, he argues that: (1) the State did not timely file the petition; (2) the trial court allowed him fewer peremptory strikes than he should have received, given that commitment could, in effect, be…