STATE v. SMITH

No. 94-3350-CR.

203 Wis.2d 288 (1996)

553 N.W.2d 824

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Walter SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Patricia K. Flood, assistant state public defender.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Jerome S. Schmidt, assistant attorney general.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Sullivan and Schudson, JJ.


SULLIVAN, J.

Walter Smith appeals from a judgment of conviction for first-degree intentional homicide, as a party to a crime. He also appeals from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. At issue is whether the trial court committed reversible error when it refused to allow Smith, under RULE 906.09, STATS., to impeach a State witness by introducing evidence of the witness's prior criminal convictions.1 We conclude that the...

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