STATE v. LINDH

No. 89-0896-CR.

161 Wis.2d 324 (1991)

468 N.W.2d 168

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Aaron LINDH, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Sally L. Wellman, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief filed by Keith A. Findley, assistant state public defender and Kenneth P. Casey, chief, appellate division and oral argument by Kenneth P. Casey.


STEINMETZ, J.

The principal issue in this case is whether the trial court abused its discretion by ruling in favor of the state's in limine motion to restrict defense impeachment of one of the state's psychiatric witnesses during the mental capacity phase of the bifurcated trial.

A second issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion during the mental capacity phase of the trial by refusing to suppress the use of statements taken from the defendant...

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