COA: State has important interest, for purposes of Sell, to forcibly medicate defendant charged with resisting arrest causing soft tissue injury.
COA: Defendant not prejudiced at trial for OWI by ‘numbers-only’ jury selection process
Defense Win: COA finds exception to potential jurisdictional defect and reverses order denying early releasing following SAP completion
COA holds prior recantation of allegation made by alleged victim against same defendant inadmissible for impeachment
Using umbrella for a snow shovel arouses suspicion of intoxication; COA affirms conviction for operating with prohibited alcohol concentration and refusing PBT.
SCOW ends years of TPR uncertainty and clarifies there is no burden of proof applicable to a disposition hearing
SCOTUS to determine whether police need probable cause that an emergency is occurring to invoke emergency aid doctrine and enter a home without a warrant
COA: State does not need to prove intent to conceal victim’s homicide to prove defendant hid corpse with intent to conceal a crime.
COA holds that allocution statements are admissible following plea withdrawal
COA holds that warrantless entry to home, authorized by young child, did not violate defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights
Defense Win: No causal nexus for restitution based on charges of harboring or aiding a felon
SCOW adopts recommendation of Judicial Conduct Panel and suspends judge for conduct in two criminal matters
