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STATE v. YANG

No. 94-2031-CR.

196 Wis.2d 359 (1995)

538 N.W.2d 817

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wang Meng YANG, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided August 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Thomas L. Storm, District Attorney.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Thomas A. Wilson, and Rachel K. Mathison of Bachman, Cummings, McKenzie, McIntyre & Wilson, S.C. of Appleton.

Before Anderson, P.J., Brown and Nettesheim, JJ.

ANDERSON, P.J.

The State appeals from a circuit court order granting Wang Meng Yang's motion for a new trial on his conviction of false imprisonment. Because we conclude that the extraneous prejudicial information obtained by a jury member warrants a new trial, we affirm.

Yang was charged with second-degree sexual assault contrary to § 940.225(2), STATS., and false imprisonment contrary to § 940.30, STATS. The alleged assault occurred at the Asian...

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