STATE v. MAYO

No. 96-3656.

217 Wis.2d 217 (1998)

579 N.W.2d 768

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jody MAYO, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of William E. Schmaal, assistant state public defender, of Madison.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, with William L. Gansner, assistant attorney general.

Before Eich, C.J., Vergeront and Roggensack, JJ.


EICH, C.J.

Jody Mayo appeals from an order denying her motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. She was convicted of murdering Randall Bleiler in Janesville in 1981. The purported "new" evidence consists of several statements her co-defendant, Michelle Lambert, made in 1990 that she alone had killed Bleiler and that Mayo had not been involved in the murder.

The State does not challenge the fact that Lambert made the statements. Nor does it...

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