State v. Lea B. Kolner, 2010AP1233-CR, District 3, 11/2/10 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Kolner: R. Michael Waterman; BiC; Resp.; Reply Curative Instruction Any impropriety in the prosecutor’s opening statement (alleged comment on right to silence) was presumptively cured by the trial court’s instruction to disregard the entire opening statement. ¶11 … Read more
25. Jury
State v. Morris L. Harris, 2009AP2833-CR, District 1, 10/13/10 court of appeals decision (3-judge, not recommended for publication); for Harris: Gary Grass; BiC; Resp.; Reply Lesser-Included Instruction – Battery Harris not entitled to instruction on simple battery as lesser included of substantial battery; the medical evidence established without contradiction that the victim suffered a fractured rib, therefore no… Read more
decision below: unpublished; prior On Point post; for Burris: Byron C. Lichstein Issue (from Table of Pending Cases): Was the trial court’s supplemental jury instruction that was issued in response to a question from the jury and that quoted verbatim from a Supreme Court opinion an impermissibly misleading instruction under the standards established by State v… Read more
decision below: unpublished summary disposition; for Funk: Michele Anne Tjader Issue (from Table of Pending Cases): Whether a juror was subjectively and/or objectively biased under the test set forth in State v. Delgado, 223 Wis. 2d 270, 588 N.W.2d 1 (1999). Briefs, appellate decision, petition for review: none is posted, so you can’t readily tell… Read more
State v. Precious M. Ward, 2009AP2085-CR, District 1, 10/5/10 court of appeals decision (3-judge, not recommended for publication); for Ward: Lew A. Wasserman; BiC; Resp.; Reply Hearing-Impaired Juror Juror who was hearing impaired, but not completely so; who could lip read; and for whom the trial judge took precautions to make sure he could hear… Read more
State v. Jennette L. Ellifritz, 2010AP713-CR, District 2, 9/1/10 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Ellifritz: Gary Grass; BiC; Resp.; Reply Obstructing – Unanimity – Course of Conduct Because Ellifritz’s actions occurred during a single course of action, over a short (40-second) period of time, instructional failure to require agreement as to… Read more
State v. Tarence A. Banks, 2010 WI App 107; for Banks: Scott D. Obernberger; BiC; Resp.; Reply Evidence – Comment on Refusal to Provide DNA – Ineffective Assistance Prosecutorial use of Banks’ refusal, after arrest, to provide a warrantless DNA sample penalized him for exercising a constitutional right. Because no contemporaneous objection was made, the… Read more
State v. Donald L. Schultz, 2010 WI App 124 (decision originally issued 7/20/10, subsequently withdrawn; reissued 8/17/10); for Schultz: Margaret A. Maroney, Steven D. Phillips, SPD, Madison Appellate; BiC; Resp.; Reply Venue – Instruction ¶12 Although venue is not an element of a crime, it nonetheless must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. State v… Read more
