District III
December 30, 2014�
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:�
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State of Wisconsin v. Joseph J. VanMeter (L.C. # 2011CM1147) |
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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