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STATE v. CARLSON

No. 01-1136-CR.

261 Wis.2d 97 (2003)

2003 WI 40

661 N.W.2d 51

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Michael W. CARLSON, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Steven L. Miller and Miller & Miller, River Falls, and oral argument by Steven L. Miller.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by Eileen W. Pray, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

¶ 1. N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

We reverse the court of appeals' decision, which affirmed an order by the Brown County Circuit Court, which denied a motion for a new trial. The motion claimed that one of the jurors could not understand English sufficiently to serve as a juror.

¶ 2. We hold that an ability to understand the English language is necessary in order to satisfy the requirements Wis. Stat. §...

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