STATE v. HEAD

No. 99-3071-CR.

255 Wis.2d 194 (2002)

2002 WI 99

648 N.W.2d 413

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Debra Ann HEAD, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by John D. Hyland, Marcus J. Berghahn and Hurley, Burish & Milliken, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by John D. Hyland.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by Christopher G. Wren, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Katherine R. Kruse, Walter J. Dickey and the Frank Remington Center, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, on behalf of the Frank J. Remington Center.


¶ 1. DAVID T. PROSSER, J.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals1 which affirmed a judgment of the Rock County Circuit Court. The petitioner, Debra Head (Debra), was convicted by a jury of first-degree intentional homicide for shooting and killing her husband, Harold Head (Harold). She claimed that she had acted in self-defense. To support her assertion, Debra attempted to introduce evidence of Harold's alleged...

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