State of Wisconsin v. Morgan Geyser

Waukesha, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attemped second-degree homicide.



On May 31, 2014, twelve-year-old Morgan Geyser, with the aid of twelve-year-oldAnissa Weier, repeatedly stabbed her friend, the twelve-year-old victim in this case. Geyser's attack brought the victim to the brink of death, but she very fortunately survived. As aresult of the attack, Geyser and Weier were charged in adultcourt with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, with use of a dangerous weapon, as parties to the crime.



A preliminary hearing was held to determine whether probable cause existed that Geyser and Weier had committed that adult-court-jurisdiction-conferring offenseand thuswhether the mattershould remain in adult court.Despite the efforts of Geyser and Weierto convince the court the charge should be reduced to attempted second-degree intentional homicide—resulting in a loss of exclusive original adult-court jurisdiction—the court found probable cause that both defendants committed attempted first-degree intentional homicide and bound them over for trialin adult court. In this appeal, Geyser claims the court erred in binding herover rather than discharging herfrom adult court.



Geyser and Wier both claimed that they stabbed Leutner to please the fictional character Slender Man.

Weier pleaded guilty in 2017 and ajury found she suffered from a mental disorder and she was committed to the Winnebago Mental Health Institute for 25 years. She unsuccessfully petitioned to leave the psychiatric center several times.