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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 represents the homeowner related to the March 3, 2012 shooting in Slinger, Washington County, which is discussed in a Journal Sentinel article regarding the Washington County District Attorney’s decision not to charge our client criminally, issued today.

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.

A preliminary report from the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV) revealed a dramatic spike in domestic violence homicides last year.

Attorneys Craig Mastantuono and Rebecca Coffee discuss the changing State and Federal Constitutional interplay of criminal defendants’ right to counsel during formal criminal proceedings.

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

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.

Spoiler alert: If you’re a child planning on attending the Milwaukee Society of the Polish Center’s Christmas party on Dec. 13, or if you are or will be a patient (of any age) at St. Francis Hospital in Milwaukee on Dec. 2, stop reading right now!

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.