Opinion
2014AP1852-CR
12-30-2014
State of Wisconsin v. Joseph J. VanMeter
To: Hon. Paul J. Lenz
Circuit Court Judge
Eau Claire County Courthouse
721 Oxford Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54703-5496
Jodi Gobrecht
Clerk of Circuit Court
Eau Claire County Courthouse
721 Oxford Avenue, Ste. 2220
Eau Claire, WI 54703-5496
John C. Bachman
John Bachman Law Office
P.O. Box 477
Eau Claire, WI 54702-0477
Gary M. King
District Attorney
721 Oxford Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54703
Gregory M. Weber
Assistant Attorney General
P.O. Box 7857
Madison, WI 53707-7857
Joseph J. VanMeter
822 Main Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701-3470
Joseph N. Ehmann
First Asst. State Public Defender
P.O. Box 7862
Madison, WI 53707-7862
You are hereby notified that the Court has entered the following order: (L.C. # 2011CM1147) Before Stark, J.
Counsel for Joseph VanMeter filed a no-merit report concluding there is no arguable basis for VanMeter to challenge a judgment convicting him of third offense operating a vehicle while intoxicated and disorderly conduct. A potential issue for appeal is whether the horizontal gaze nystagmus test meets the Daubert standard. We cannot conclude that arguing this issue would be frivolous. Therefore, we reject the no-merit report and will require a merit brief to be filed on that issue. Because substitution of attorneys may be advisable, we will grant sixty days to file the merit brief.
IT IS ORDERED that the no-merit report is rejected. The appellant shall file a merit brief within sixty days of the date of this order.
Diane M. Fremgen
Clerk of Court of Appeals