STATE v. ALEXANDER

No. 2011AP394-CR.

833 N.W.2d 126 (2013)

2013 WI 70

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Demone ALEXANDER, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner, there was a brief by Hans P. Koesser and Koesser Law Office, S.C., Kenosha, with oral argument by Hans P. Koesser.

For the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was argued by Thomas Balistreri , assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general.


MICHAEL J. GABLEMAN, J.

¶ 1 We are asked to determine whether a defendant must be physically present when a judge holds an in-chambers discussion with a juror during the middle of a trial. We recognize that a defendant has a constitutional right to be present at his trial. Kentucky v. Stincer, 482 U.S. 730, 745, 107 S.Ct. 2658, 96 L.Ed.2d 631 (1987). Whether this right to be present...

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