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Jury Instructions

By: Derek Hawkins//February 14, 2018//

Jury Instructions

By: Derek Hawkins//February 14, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Dillon M. Heiller

Case No.: 2016AP1878-CR

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

Focus: Jury Instructions

Dillon Heiller appeals a judgment of conviction for strangulation and suffocation, battery, and misdemeanor bail jumping, all as a repeater, and an order of the circuit court denying his motion for postconviction relief. Heiller contends that he is entitled to a new trial because the circuit court failed to instruct the jury on self-defense, his right to a speedy trial under WIS. STAT. § 971.10(2)(a) (2013-14) was violated, he was denied his right to counsel, and he was not afforded sufficient notice of the State’s motion to deny him of his right to confrontation. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that the jury should have been instructed on self-defense and, therefore, reverse.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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