Title: State v. Nelson Garcia, Jr.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 2016AP001276-CR
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: April 19, 2019

2019 WI 40 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2016AP1276-CR 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
State of Wisconsin, 
          Plaintiff-Respondent, 
     v. 
Nelson Garcia, Jr., 
          Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner. 
 
 
 
 
REVIEW OF DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS 
Reported at 382 Wis. 2d 269,915 N.W.2d 729 
(2018 – unpublished) 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
April 19, 2019 
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: 
      
ORAL ARGUMENT: 
April 10, 2019 
 
 
SOURCE OF APPEAL: 
 
 
COURT: 
Circuit 
 
COUNTY: 
Milwaukee 
 
JUDGE: 
William S. Pocan 
 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
 
CONCURRED: 
      
 
DISSENTED: 
      
 
NOT PARTICIPATING: ABRAHAMSON, J. did not participate.     
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
 
For the defendant-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs 
filed by Pamela Moorshead, assistant state public defender. 
There was an oral argument by Pamela Moorshead.  
 
For the plaintiff-respondent, there was a brief filed by 
Katherine D. Lloyd, assistant attorney general, with whom on the 
brief was Joshua L. Kaul, attorney general. There was an oral 
argument by Katherine D. Lloyd. 
 
An amicus curiae brief was submitted on behalf of The 
Innocence Project, Inc., and The Wisconsin Innocence Project of 
the Frank J. Remington Center, University of Wisconsin Law 
School, by Keith A. Findley and Wisconsin Innocence Project, 
 
 
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Madison. With whom on the brief was Alexis Agathocleous and The 
Innocence 
Project, 
Inc., 
New 
York, 
New 
York. 
 
 
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NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
No.   2016AP1276-CR 
(L.C. No. 
2012CF104) 
STATE OF WISCONSIN  
 
 
   : 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
State of Wisconsin, 
 
          Plaintiff-Respondent, 
 
     v. 
 
Nelson Garcia, Jr., 
 
          Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner. 
FILED 
 
APR 19, 2019 
 
Sheila T. Reiff 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
 
 
 
 
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PER CURIAM.   The decision of the court of appeals is 
affirmed by an equally divided Court.   
¶2 
SHIRLEY 
S. 
ABRAHAMSON, 
J., 
withdrew 
from 
participation. 
 
 
No. 
2016AP1276-CR   
 
 
 
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