By: Derek Hawkins//December 29, 2016//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Michael L. Washington
Case No.: 2016AP238-CR
Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Gundrum, J.
Focus: Motion For New Trial – Waiver
Michael L. Washington appeals from his conviction for burglary and resisting an officer and a postconviction order denying his motion for a new trial. Washington asserts that his convictions should be vacated and he should be granted a new trial as his absence from the entirety of his jury trial violated his statutory right to be present under WIS. STAT. § 971.04(1) (2013-14).2 We affirm as Washington waived his statutory right to be present.
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