HANSON v. BETH

No. 13-1535.

738 F.3d 158 (2013)

Daniel HANSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. David BETH, Kenosha County Sheriff, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Henak , Attorney, Henak Law Office, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

William L. Gansner , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and KAPALA, District Judge.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Daniel Hanson appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which challenges his state conviction for fleeing and eluding a Wisconsin traffic officer. At his trial, Hanson sought to introduce testimony that the police officer from whom he fled had a "confrontational, aggressive and hot-tempered" character, but the trial court excluded the evidence under Wisconsin's analogue to Federal Rule of Evidence 404...

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