IN RE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL IN STATE v. VIOLI

No. 92-1307-CR.

172 Wis.2d 343 (1992)

493 N.W.2d 232

IN RE the APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL IN STATE v. Michael P. VIOLI: STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Appellant, v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR MARINETTE COUNTY and the Hon. Dee R. Dyer, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Mark Lukoff, first assistant state public defender.

No brief was filed on behalf of the respondents.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.


CANE, P.J.

The state public defender appeals the circuit court order appointing it as counsel for Michael P. Violi. The public defender argues that Violi does not meet its "indigent" criteria and that rare and unusual circumstances necessitating its appointment as counsel are not present. We agree and reverse the circuit court's order.

Violi was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of first-degree sexual...

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