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STATE v. SPEER

No. 91-2523-CR.

176 Wis.2d 1101 (1993)

501 N.W.2d 429

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Randy B. SPEER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 23, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant there were briefs by John R. Davis, Madison and oral argument by John R. Davis.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by Sharon Ruhly, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Frank Remington, Professor of Law and Walter J. Dickey, Professor of Law, Madison for Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons.

WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

This case was certified to this court to resolve a perceived disparity in Wisconsin case law concerning the admission of "other crimes" evidence. According to the court of appeals, some case law suggests that in deciding whether to admit other crimes evidence the circuit court should predispose itself to exclude the evidence, while other case law indicates that the circuit court should begin with a presumption in favor of its admissibility...

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