Admittance of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//March 1, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Salvatore L. Slies

Case No.: 2015AP1188-CR

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

Focus: Admittance of Evidence

Salvatore Slies appeals a judgment of conviction for felony bail jumping entered after a jury trial. The bail jumping charge was based on contact Slies had with a person he was prohibited from contacting. He argues that he is entitled to a new trial because the circuit court erroneously admitted as other acts evidence written communications Slies had previously sent to the same person and because in closing arguments the State improperly used the other acts evidence as propensity evidence. We affirm the judgment.

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