Title: State v. Morris V. Seaton

State: wisconsin

Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Document:

2023 WI 69 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2021AP1399-CR 
 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
State of Wisconsin, 
          Plaintiff-Appellant, 
     v. 
Morris V. Seaton, 
          Defendant-Respondent. 
 
 
 
 
 
ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS  
 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
October 10, 2023   
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: 
        
ORAL ARGUMENT: 
September 13, 2023   
 
 
SOURCE OF APPEAL: 
 
 
COURT: 
Circuit    
 
COUNTY: 
Waukesha   
 
JUDGE: 
Jennifer Dorow   
 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
Per Curiam. 
NOT PARTICIPATING: 
Janet C. Protasiewicz, J.    
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
For the plaintiff-appellant, there were briefs filed by 
Sarah L. Burgundy, assistant attorney general, with whom on the 
brief was Joshua L. Kaul, attorney general.  There was an oral 
argument by Sarah L. Burgundy, assistant attorney general.  
 
For the defendant-respondent, there was a brief filed by 
Melinda A. Swartz, Michael J. Steinle and Terschan, Steinle, 
Hodan & Ganzer, Ltd, Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by 
Melinda A. Swartz.  
 
 
 
 
 
2023 WI 69
NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
No.   2021AP1399-CR 
(L.C. No. 2020CF687) 
STATE OF WISCONSIN  
 
 
   : 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
State of Wisconsin,   
 
 
Plaintiff-Appellant,   
 
 
v. 
 
Morris V. Seaton,   
 
 
Defendant-Respondent.   
FILED 
 
OCT 10, 2023 
 
Samuel A. Christensen 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
 
 
 
 
APPEAL from an order of the Circuit Court for Waukesha 
County, Jennifer Dorow, Judge.  Order to accept certification 
vacated and remanded.   
 
¶1 
PER CURIAM.   The court is equally divided on whether 
to affirm or reverse the order of the circuit court for Waukesha 
County. 
¶2 
This court accepted jurisdiction over this appeal by 
accepting a certification from the court of appeals.  Wis. Stat. 
§ (Rule) 809.61 (2021-22).  We have previously stated that when 
a tie vote occurs in this court on a bypass or certification, 
"justice is better served in such an instance by remanding to 
the court of appeals for their consideration."  State v. Richard 
No. 
2021AP1399-CR   
 
2 
 
Knutson, Inc., 191 Wis. 2d. 395, 396-97, 528 N.W.2d 430 (1995) 
(remanding to court of appeals on a tie vote on certification). 
¶3 
Accordingly, we vacate our order to accept the 
certification and remand to the court of appeals.  
By the Court.—Order to accept certification vacated and 
remanded. 
¶4 
JANET C. PROTASIEWICZ, J., did not participate. 
 
 
No. 
2021AP1399-CR   
 
 
 
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