By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//September 28, 2010//
Criminal Procedure
Joinder; relevant evidence
In separate Criminal Complaints, the State charged Donald Lee Cooper with the first-degree intentional homicide of Eugene Chaney, as party to a crime, and with the kidnapping and aggravated battery of Leoporium Ford, as party to a crime. The latter Complaint also charged Cooper with possession of cocaine, more than forty grams, with intent to deliver, as party to a crime. The only issue on appeal is whether the Complaints were properly joined for trial. Because joinder was appropriate under the law and facts of these cases, we affirm. This opinion will not be published.
2009AP1775-CR, 2009AP1776-CR State v. Cooper
Dist I, Milwaukee County, Wagner, J., Per Curiam
Attorneys: For Appellant: Provis, Timothy A., Port Washington; For Respondent: Loebel, Karen A., Milwaukee; Neuser, Mark, Madison