By: Derek Hawkins//September 23, 2021//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Lamardus Dewayne Ford
Case No.: 2020AP829-CR
Officials: Blanchard, Kloppenburg, and Graham, JJ.
Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence
Lamardus D. Ford appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying Ford’s postconviction motion. Ford contends that: (1) there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for first-degree recklessly endangering safety; and (2) his constitutional right to confrontation was violated when the circuit court allowed the State to introduce out-of-court statements at trial under the forfeiture by wrongdoing doctrine. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we disagree. We affirm.