State v. Gary M.B., 2003 WI App 72, affirmed, 2004 WI 33 For Gary M.B.: T. Christopher Kelly Issue/Holding: ¶24. Wisconsin Stat. § 906.09 permits the admission of prior convictions for impeachment purposes. (See text of statute at ¶9.) The statute reflects the presumption that “a person who has been convicted of a crime is less likely… Read more
h. Prior convictions, 906.09
State v. Kevin S. Meehan, 2001 WI App 119 For Meehan: Pamela Moorshead, Buting & Williams Issue: Whether the prosecutor properly cross-examined an alibi witness as to what the defendant had told him about his prior offense. Holding: ¶21. Further, even if the 1992 conviction could have been properly admitted, using this evidence on cross-examination… Read more
