STATE v. THOMAS

No. 00-0150.

238 Wis.2d 216 (2000)

2000 WI App 162

617 N.W.2d 230

IN RE the COMMITMENT UNDER CHAP. 980, STATS. OF Wilbert L. THOMAS: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Wilbert L. THOMAS, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jack E. Schairer, assistant state public defender of Madison, Mark Lukoff, assistant state public defender of Racine, and Robert W. Peterson, assistant state public defender of Racine.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Brian E. Pawlak, assistant district attorney, and Robert S. Flancher, district attorney of Racine.

Before Brown, P.J., Anderson and Snyder, JJ.


¶ 1. ANDERSON, J.

In this interlocutory appeal, Wilbert L. Thomas argues that the circuit court erred by not granting his motion to dismiss a December 28, 1999 petition seeking his commitment as a WIS. STAT. ch. 980 (1997-98)1 sexually violent person. Thomas argues that the petition should have been dismissed for not conforming to the time limit in WIS. STAT. § 980.02(2)(ag) because it was filed after he had been discharged from...

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