Wisconsin Supreme Court denies Avery appeal

Wisconsin Law Journal Staff//June 17, 2025//

Steven Avery (right) is escorted to a courtroom by a law enforcement officer in 2007

Steven Avery, right, is escorted to the court room at the Manitowoc County Court during the jury selection in his murder case Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. (AP file photo)

Wisconsin Law Journal Staff//June 17, 2025//

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In Brief

Wisconsin Supreme Court declines Steven Avery‘s appeal.
Avery sought new hearing, alleging another man framed him.
The appeal was Avery’s fourth post-conviction attempt.
A letter Avery wrote to the court was dismissed from record.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to hear Steven Avery’s latest appeal.

In February, Avery’s attorneys asked the court to review an appellate court’s decision to not grant him an evidentiary hearing.

Avery is serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach, a 25-year-old woman from Calumet County. He has made numerous appeal efforts through the years, all of which have been denied.

In his latest appeal effort, Avery sought a new evidentiary hearing, alleging another man killed Halbach, framed Avery by leaving the key to her vehicle in his bathroom and then was a key witness against him at trial.

This was Avery’s fourth post-conviction attempt.

In March, Avery wrote a six-page letter to the Supreme Court asking for a motion of miscellaneous relief. He wrote the letter without the knowledge of his attorney and the court dismissed from its court record.

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