Title: Marvin Coleman v. Gary R. McCaughtry
Citation: 2006 WI 121
Docket Number: 2004AP000548-W
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: November 7, 2006

2006 WI 121 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2004AP548-W 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
State of Wisconsin ex rel. Marvin Coleman, 
          Petitioner, 
     v. 
Gary R. McCaughtry, Warden, Waupun Correctional  
Institution and Matthew J. Frank, Secretary, 
Department of Corrections, 
          Respondents. 
 
 
 
 
MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
November 7, 2006   
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: 
        
ORAL ARGUMENT: 
        
 
 
SOURCE OF APPEAL: 
 
 
COURT: 
        
 
COUNTY: 
        
 
JUDGE: 
        
 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
 
CONCURRED: 
        
 
DISSENTED: 
ABRAHAMSON, C.J., dissents (opinion filed). 
BUTLER, JR., J., joins the dissent.   
 
NOT PARTICIPATING:         
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
      
 
 
2006 WI 121
NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
No.  2004AP548-W  
(L.C. No. 
1985CR2721 & 1985CR2722) 
STATE OF WISCONSIN  
 
 
   : 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
State of Wisconsin ex rel. Marvin Coleman, 
 
          Petitioner, 
 
     v. 
 
Gary R. McCaughtry, Warden, Waupun Correctional  
Institution and Matthew J. Frank, Secretary, 
Department of Corrections, 
 
          Respondents. 
 
FILED 
 
NOV 7, 2006 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
 
 
 
 
 
MOTION for reconsideration.  Reconsideration denied.   
 
¶1 
PER CURIAM.   Marvin Coleman, the petitioner, moves 
the court to clarify or to reconsider its decision in the above 
captioned case.   
¶2 
We deny Coleman's motion for reconsideration. 
¶3 
However, we do clarify our opinion to facilitate its 
application.  Accordingly, we amend footnote 13 to read as 
follows: 
At the subsequent fact finding hearing in this habeas 
corpus proceeding, laches may be considered in regard 
to its effect on any potential issues, such as 
ineffective assistance of counsel, suppression or a 
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retrial 
of 
the 
crimes 
of 
which 
Coleman 
stands 
convicted.   
 
 
 
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¶4 
SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, C.J.   (dissenting).  I would 
deny the motion for reconsideration, but I would amend the 
opinion to provide for remand on the issue of laches, as Justice 
Louis B. Butler's concurring opinion (in which I joined) 
requested.  I do not ordinarily continue on reconsideration the 
position I took in concurrence or dissent.  In the present case, 
however, the defendant has provided the court material not 
previously before us to show that the assumed factual basis upon 
which the court decided laches as a matter of law may be 
erroneous.  I have not explored whether the new material is 
relevant to the issue of laches.  This case is being remanded; 
the court of appeals should examine the submitted material, take 
evidence, and hear the parties to determine laches, an issue 
upon which the State has the burden of proof.  For the reasons 
set forth, I dissent. 
¶5 
I am authorized to state that Justice LOUIS B. BUTLER, 
JR. joins this dissent. 
 
 
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