Penalty Enhancer

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Debradre D. Jackson

Case No.: 2015AP2210-CR

Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J., Lundsten and Sherman, JJ.

Focus: Penalty Enhancer

Debradre Jackson appeals pro se a judgment convicting him of substantial battery as a repeater. 1 He also appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Jackson raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether admission of recordings of two 911 emergency calls from the victim violated his right to confront witnesses against him; (2) whether the evidence presented at trial was sufficient to support the conviction; and (3) whether the circuit court properly applied the repeater penalty enhancer at sentencing. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that Jackson’s confrontation rights were not violated by admission of the 911 recordings, that the evidence sufficiently supports the verdict, and that the circuit court properly applied the repeater penalty enhancer at sentencing. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of conviction and the order denying postconviction relief

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