Appellate Opinions Released February 23, 2007

The Wisconsin Supreme Court released its opinion in State v. Jensen today. The Court adopted the "forfeiture by wrongdoing" doctrine in which "a defendant is deemed to have lost the right to object on confrontation grounds to the admissibility of out-of-court statements of a declarant whose unavailability the defendant has caused."

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals did not release any opinions today, nor did it certify any questions.