In an abbreviated opinion, the Wisconsin Supreme Court clarified its previous, murky plurality decision in State v. Johnson on State v. Shiffra jurisprudence.

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In an unusually terse decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reached a startling new conclusion in Shiffra jurisprudence without a unifying analytic rationale.

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Sentencing Cruel and unusual punishment

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Criminal Procedure Out-of-court identifications; self-representation; Confrontation Clause Steven Johnson, pro se, appeals a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of robbery by threat of force pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 943.32(1)(b) (2007-08). Johnson sets forth numerous ...

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Criminal Procedure New trials; newly discovered evidence Jimmie Johnson appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial based on newly-discovered evidence. Because Johnson does not demonstrate that the evidence he relies on would raise a reasonable doubt ...

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1st-degree Intentional Homicide Sufficiency of the evidence Deangelo J. Johnson appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury’s verdict, on one count of first-degree intentional homicide. He contends there is insufficient evidence to support the verdict. We reject ...

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