Gregory Juedes (Outagamie Co. Jail)
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A jury will decide if Gregory Juedes will be held criminally responsible for shooting his father 15 times, or if he suffered from a mental disease at the time of the murder. Meanwhile, his trial has been postponed due to a change in the judge handling the case.
Juedes, 47, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the Nov. 24, 2024, death of Daniel Juedes Sr., 74, at a home on S. Sanders Street in Appleton. He’s also charged with attempted to flee an officer and resisting after allegedly leaving the scene and being arrested in Kaukauna.
Juedes has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, some times referred as the “insanity plea.”
In court Thursday, defense attorney Ian Mevis noted there were two psychiatric reports backing the mental disease or defect plea.
However, District Attorney Melinda Tempelis said the state does not agree with the results, and will continue to seek to have him held criminally responsible for the murder.
That means a two-stage trial is anticipated.
In the first stage, the jury would be asked to determine if Juedes is guilty of the murder. If he is convicted, the trial would move to a second stage with the same jury. In that phase, the jury would be asked to determine if Juedes suffered from a mental disease or defect which left him unable to discern right from wrong and conform his conduct to the law. If the jury rejects that argument, Juedes faces prison. If the jury accepts the insanity defense, Juedes would be placed at a secure psychiatric facility.
Juedes was scheduled to stand trial Aug. 24. However, because the judge who was on the case is retiring, it was moved to a different branch.
The attorneys and Judge Carrie Schneider discussed multiple trial date options Thursday, but none were picked. A status conference will be held July 8, when the date may be finalized.
According to the criminal complaint, police responded to the home about 7:35 a.m. A neighbor reported hearing 10 gunshots. Police entered the home and found Juedes Sr., but there were no signs of life. A total of 14 ammunition casings were found in the home.
A short time later, police located Juedes’ vehicle. Eventually, a PIT maneuver was used to stop his vehicle. Juedes ran, police used a Taser to subdue him and Juedes continued to resist arrest.
During the trip to the hospital to treat Juedes, he commented on the murder.
“I think I got him with every round. And then one in the back of the head for good measure,” the complaint quotes Juedes as saying to police. “I went back to check (to) make sure he was down for the count.”
No motive is cited in the eight-page complaint. An autopsy “identified 15 gunshot wound tracks to the victim and located three fully intact bullets from the body,” the complaint states.
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