Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//March 13, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Dominique P. Wilder

Case No.: 2017AP38-CR

Officials: Kessler, Brash and Dugan, JJ.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence

Dominique P. Wilder appeals the judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of first-degree reckless homicide by use of a dangerous weapon as a party to a crime. See WIS. STAT. §§940.02(1), 939.63(1)(b), 939.05 (2013-14). Wilder argues: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support a guilty verdict on the charge; (2) a supplemental jury instruction deprived him of a fair trial; and (3) discretionary reversal is warranted. We reject Wilder’s arguments and affirm.

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