State v. Escobedo

We decline to review the defendant’s claim that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. A perusal of the record reveals no motion in the trial court for either a new trial or a motion to set aside the verdict on the alleged insufficiency of the evidence.

We stated in State v. Van Beek (1966), 31 Wis. 2d 51, 141 N. W. 2d 873, that we would decline to review a conviction on this basis unless the trial court was given the opportunity to examine the very questions brought on appeal. We decided in Van Beek that only in the face of “compelling circumstances” would this court…