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STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 87-1493.

146 Wis.2d 554 (1988)

431 N.W.2d 716

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jerry Wayne THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of John E. Tradewell, assistant state public defender.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, and David J. Becker, assistant attorney general.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Eich, JJ.

EICH. J.

Jerry Wayne Thompson appeals from a judgment convicting him of arson and from an order denying his motions for postconviction relief. The issues are: (1) whether exclusion of evidence of a police officer's opinion that the conditions under which Thompson lived were such as to justify his temporary detention under the mental health laws denied Thompson the "right to present a defense" to the charge that he intentionally...

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