by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Wisconsin
Jeopardy attaches:(1) In a trial to the court without a jury when a witness is sworn;(2) In a jury trial when the selection of the jury has been completed and the jury sworn. The federal rule that jeopardy attaches when the jury is sworn is an integral part of the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Wisconsin
The court may order a view by the jury.The trial court, sitting as the trier of fact, committed an error of law in making and relying on an unrequested, unannounced, unaccompanied and unrecorded view of an accident scene in assessing evidence produced at trial....
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Wisconsin
(1) The number of jurors selected shall be prescribed in s. 756.06(2) (a), unless a lesser number has been stipulated and approved under s. 972.02(2) or the court orders that additional jurors be selected. That number, plus the number of peremptory challenges...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Wisconsin
Each side is entitled to only 4 peremptory challenges except as otherwise provided in this section. When the crime charged is punishable by life imprisonment, the state is entitled to 6 peremptory challenges and the defendant is entitled to 6 peremptory challenges. If...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Wisconsin
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, criminal cases shall be tried by a jury selected as prescribed in s. 805.08, unless the defendant waives a jury in writing or by statement in open court or under s. 967.08(2) (b), on the record, with the approval of...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Wisconsin
The summoning of jurors, the selection and qualifications of the jury, the challenge of jurors for cause and the duty of the court in charging the jury and giving instructions and discharging the jury when unable to agree shall be the same in criminal as in civil...
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