STATE v. GONZALEZ

No. 2013AP1818-CR.

856 N.W.2d 580 (2014)

2014 WI 124

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Ramon G. GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided December 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner, the cause was argued by Kaitlin A. Lamb , assistant state public defender, with whom on the briefs was Andrea Taylor Cornwall , assistant state public defender.

For the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was argued by Daniel J. O'Brien , assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general.


¶ 1 The question we consider in this case is whether Ramon Gonzalez's constitutional right not to be a witness against himself was violated when the court, over defense objection, asked in front of the jury that Gonzalez "display his teeth," and Gonzalez complied. Gonzalez argues that he was compelled to be a witness against...

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