State
of
Wisconsin\
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTHANDSOCIALSERVICES
October12,1994
DIVISIONOFCAREANDTREATMENTFACILITIES
WINNEBAGOMENTALHEALTHINSTITUTEBOX9,MAINSTREETWINNEBAGOWI54985·0009{414)2354910
TheHonorableMichaelB.TorphyDaneCountyCircuitCourt210MartinLutherKing,Jr.Dri
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Madison,WI53703Re:LeoEmilWantaDOB:June11,1940CaseNumber:92-CF-683DearJudgeTorphy:Mr.LeoWantaisa54-year-old,married,whitemalewhowasadmittedtotheWinnebagoMentalHealthInstituteforthefirsttimeunderWisconsinstatestatute971.14(5)asincompetenttostandtrialonachargeofTaxEvasion.Onadmission,thepatientstatedthathebelievedhewasbeingchargedwithciviltaxevasionbecause,in1988,heowedthestateofwisconsin$14,129intaxeswhichwaspaid
by
AttorneyTomWilsoninAppleton.AccordingtothecriminalComplaint,therearefiveseparatechargesofFailuretoPaypersonaltaxestothestateofwisconsinin1988and1989.ThepatientstatedthatonJuly7,1994,hewasdetainedinaswissprisoncalledduBoisMarietalinLausanneSwitzerland.HewasheldthereuntilNovember17,1993,andthenextraditedtoNewYorkCity.HesawJudgeAlyceRoss,afederaljudgeoftheeasternNewYorkdistrictwhodismissedthechargewithprejudice.Hestatedthatthentherewas
a
faxdetainerfromWisconsin,sohewasflowntoDanecountyJailonDecember13,1993,HewasheldintheBrooklynHouseofDetentionbetweenNovember19andDecember13,1993.DuringhisstayintheDar.eCountyJail,hehashadseveralhearings.HealsohadevaluationforcompetencyattheMendotaMentalHealthInstituteontwoseparateoccasions--thefirstbeingFebruaryof1994.Hestatedthataletterwassentbacktocourtsayinghewascompetent.Hewasevaluatedthereagaintendaysago,againfoundtobecompetentbut,whenherefusedtoenteranAlfordPlea,hisattorneyfelthecouldnotcooperateand,therefore,thefindingofincompetencywasmade.Duringhi.stimeintheDaneCountyJail,thepatienthasaskedforprivateattorneysbuthasbeengivenpublicdefenders.Heclaimsthat
he
currentlyhasanattorneyfromChicago