By: Derek Hawkins//August 24, 2016//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Micha S. Pruitt
Case No.: 2016AP251-CR
Officials: KLOPPENBURG, P.J.
Focus: Witness Testimony by Telephone
The State of Wisconsin appeals a non-final order of the circuit court allowing a witness called by the defense to testify by telephone at the criminal jury trial. This court granted the State’s petition for leave to appeal the court’s non-final order. See WIS. STAT. RULE 809.50(3). On appeal, the State argues that the court’s order should be reversed because the presentation of testimony by telephone during a criminal jury trial is not permitted under WIS. STAT. § 967.08. I agree, and therefore reverse.