HASKINS v. STATE

No. 78-656-CR.

97 Wis.2d 408 (1980)

294 N.W.2d 25

Isaac HASKINS, Jr., Plaintiff in error, v. STATE of Wisconsin, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there were briefs by William M. Coffey, Clifford R. Steele and Coffey & Coffey of Milwaukee, and oral argument by William M. Coffey and Clifford R. Steele.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by David J. Becker, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.


WILLIAM G. CALLOW, J.

The principal issues on this review concern the admissibility of evidence of "other crimes" committed by the defendant's associates and the permissibility of cross-examination regarding events which form the basis of pending criminal prosecutions facing the defendant. We took this case by petition to bypass the court of appeals, consolidating it for purposes of disposition with Neely v. State,

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