STATE v. RAMOS

No. 94-3036-CR.

211 Wis.2d 12 (1997)

564 N.W.2d 328

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Edward RAMOS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there was oral argument by Paul Lundsten, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Eduardo M. Borda, Milwaukee.


¶ 1. DONALD W. STEINMETZ, J.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court's failure to remove a juror for cause constitutes reversible error when a defendant is forced to correct the trial court's error by using one of his or her statutorily provided peremptory challenges. We hold that the use of a peremptory challenge to correct a trial court error is adequate grounds for reversal because it arbitrarily deprives...

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