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McMORRIS v. STATE

No. State 111.

58 Wis.2d 144 (1973)

205 N.W.2d 559

McMORRIS, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 9, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there was a brief by Anthony S. DeMark and Wratten, Dana & DeMark, all of Racine, and oral argument by William A. DeMark.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by James H. McDermott, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Robert W. Warren, attorney general.

CONNOR T. HANSEN, J.

The issue on this appeal is whether evidence of prior specific acts of violence by the victim of an assault, against others than the defendant, is admissible in a prosecution for injury by conduct regardless of life,1 when the defendant raises the issue of self-defense.

It is undisputed that the defendant adduced at trial sufficient evidence to raise the issue of self-defense.2...

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