State v. Shon D. Brown, 2003 WI App 34, PFR filed 2/3/03 For Brown: Robert T. Ruth Issue: Whether defendant was entitled to an instruction on territorial jurisdiction, § 939.03, where the offense was partially committed out of the state. Holding: ¶23. The question of whether or when a jury must be instructed on the… Read more
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State v. LaVere D. Wenger, 225 Wis.2d 495, 593 N.W.2d 467 (Ct. App. 1999) For Wenger: Richard L. Wachowski Holding: Duty-to-retreat instruction, Wis JI-Crim 810, properly submitted, though retreat would have been into defendant’s own home: Here, the trial court used the pattern instruction to inform the jury of the applicable law on retreat. The… Read more
