Is it illegal for the defendant to contact the victim in his case long after the case has been closed?

No good could possibly come from direct, unsupervised contact between the perpetrator and victim in an attempted murder case. Such contacts are instead what lawyers are for; doing it yourself could get you charged with a new crime such as intimidation of a victim, so this is a very bad idea. If any answer on helps you, mine or someone else's, please mark it as "helpful" or "best answer" to help know which answers to show others. Answering this question does not make me your attorney, but you can post comments here for clarifications, etc. You can also see past answers to similar questions on at. View over fifteen years of past answers at http://www.attorneyqna.com/attorneys/53401-wi-jay-nixon-1529181/answers.html?sort=recency. See also 15 years of past answers at: http://www.lawguru.com/answers/atty_profile/view_attorney_profile/jknixon . Answers may contain attorney advertising materials.