News 10.06.16
6 October 2016 News
A Waupun man convicted of sexually assaulting a 3 year-old boy and possessing child pornography is going to prison. At a sentencing hearing, Dodge County Circuit Court Judge John Storck sentenced 27 year old Robert Moungey to 31 years of initial confinement and 21 years of extended supervision. In August, Moungey pleaded no contest to one count of first degree sexual assault of a child and two counts of possession of child pornography. Seven more counts of possession of child porn were dismissed and read into the record. Police learned of the sexual assault and the child pornography from Moungey’s ex-wife, 26 year old Cassandra Scheuers. Scheuers is also accused of sexually assaulting the 3 year old and is charged with first degree sexual assault of a child.
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The state Supreme Court next week will hear a drunk driving case from Fond du Lac County. The court is scheduled to hear the case of Glenn Zamzow next Thursday. Last December a Wisconsin appeals court said Zamzow’s right to confront his accuser was not violated because the arresting Fond du Lac police officer was killed before trial. In a 2-1 decision the appeals court upheld Fond du Lac County Circuit Judge Gary Sharpes’ ruling that officer Craig Birkholz had a reasonable basis to stop Zamzow’s vehicle after it crossed the center line. About a week after arresting Zamzow in March 2011 for his third OWI, Birkholz was shot and killed while responding to an armed standoff in Fond du lac. At trial Judge Sharpe allowed jurors to hear statements recorded on Birkholz’s squad car video and audio recording system. Zamzow was convicted. In a dissent, Appeals Court Judge Paul Reilly wrote that the majority’s decision “undermines” constitutional protections and “paves the way for a dramatic shift in the prosecution of criminal defendants in Wisconsin.” Reilly says the officer’s recorded statements were allowed at trial despite being “unsworn, untested, and unchallenged,” and without them “the government could not have continued its prosecution of Zamzow,”
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State attorneys want a federal judge to keep a man convicted in a case profiled in the popular “Making a Murderer” Netflix series behind bars while they appeal his release. A federal magistrate judge ruled in August that investigators tricked Brendan Dassey into confessing that he helped his uncle, Steven Avery, kill photographer Teresa Halbach in 2005. The judge ordered Dassey freed from prison unless prosecutors appealed. The state Justice Department filed an appeal last month. Dassey’s attorneys have asked the magistrate to release him while the appeal is pending. DOJ attorneys filed a brief Tuesday arguing Dassey should stay in prison because he’s a serious threat to public safety. The brief also notes the magistrate clearly said his ruling would be stayed if it was appealed.
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University of Wisconsin System regents are set to consider a resolution this week calling for raising in-state tuition after next year. The regents are expected to take up the resolution during a meeting at UW-Eau Claire on Friday. The resolution calls for a tuition increase in the 2018-19 academic year of no more than the rate of inflation. The resolution notes that regents have asked Walker to increase financial aid and a high-quality education can be delivered in timely manner only if tuition keeps pace with the cost of living. Gov. Scott Walker has frozen in-state undergraduate tuition for the last four years. The governor has said he wants to continue the freeze through at least the first year of the 2017-19 state budget.
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A hearing is scheduled in federal court less than four weeks before the election to consider a motion calling for suspension of Wisconsin’s voter ID law. U.S. District Judge James Peterson has scheduled the hearing for Oct. 12 in Madison. Peterson says he will consider a motion filed late Tuesday by the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Institute calling for suspension of the law. The group argues that the state has not complied with Peterson’s earlier ruling to ensure that voters missing key documents needed to obtain a voter ID can still get credentials to cast a ballot. The judge says both sides may offer evidence at the hearing to show whether the state has been complying with the order.
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Milwaukee man has been freed from the Green Bay Correctional Institution after spending nearly 24 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit. Daryl Dwayne Holloway had his 1993 convictions for sexual assault and armed burglary vacated with help from the Wisconsin Innocence Project. New DNA testing showed Holloway could not have committed the crimes. The 48-year-old Holloway walked out of prison Wednesday and said he was “kind of scared” because it’s a “whole new world.” Holloway was sentenced to 120 years in prison for the 1993 convictions. A Milwaukee County judge signed an order vacating Holloway’s 1993 convictions. Holloway says he went through a divorce while he was incarcerated and hopes to build a relationship with his children.
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