6th Amendment Violation

By: Derek Hawkins//March 20, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Roman D. Lovelace

Case No.: 2017AP943-CR

Officials: Brennan, P.J., Brash and Dugan, JJ.

Focus: 6^th Amendment Violation

Roman D. Lovelace appeals from judgments of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdict, as well as an order denying his postconviction motion seeking a new trial. Lovelace argues that his constitutional and statutory rights to be present during all stages of the trial were violated when the trial court responded to a jury question without consulting the parties. The State argues that Lovelace forfeited his claim on this issue because he failed to object to the trial court regarding its response, but that in any event the error was harmless. We affirm.

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