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In this article, the Wisconsin State Bar discusses a potential new law in Wisconsin that would allow police to take DNA from a person who has been arrested for certain offenses.

Craig Mastantuono spoke earlier this month at the Annual Conference of the Wisconsin State Public Defender on Wisconsin’s Castle Doctrine law

Mastantuono Law Office released the press statement below today, following a favorable decision in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirming the Burnett County Circuit Court’s dismissal of a homicide prosecution against one of our clients.

When a person is convicted of a felony in Wisconsin, a DNA sample is taken and stored in a state database.

For convictions in State Circuit Court, Wisconsin law allows for expungement of a person’s criminal conviction in limited instances.

A state appeals court has clarified the standard required before a person committed as sexually violent can receive a new discharge hearing in circuit court.

So what do you do when your client is guilty?

As of November 1st, 2011, Wisconsin’s concealed carry law, section 941.23, is changing. Currently, anyone who is armed with a concealed dangerous weapon, except a police officer, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor

In a plea agreement negotiated with the Federal Government, a Mastantuono Law Office client received a prison sentence for a white collar criminal case involving a fraud scheme.

A Mastantuono Law Office client accused of unlawfully diverting $73,000 from his mother’s retirement account while acting as her durable power of attorney resolved his felony prosecution in Washington County, agreeing to plead no contest to an amended misdemeanor charge, and was sentenced to three months jail with Huber privileges.