STATE v. FRIZZELL

No. State 243.

64 Wis.2d 480 (1974)

219 N.W.2d 390

STATE, Respondent, v. FRIZZELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Laurence E. Norton II, Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee.

For the respondent the cause was argued by Charles R. Larsen, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Robert W. Warren, attorney general.


WILKIE, J.

The lone issue on this appeal is: Did the defendant waive the application of the rule calling for the balancing of the prejudicial effect of evidence of one prior conviction for disorderly conduct as against the value of such evidence for impeaching the testimony of the defendant?

There is no question but what, in the present case, defendant's counsel brought out evidence of one prior conviction of disorderly conduct on his direct examination of...

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