State v. Messelt

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State v. Messelt, 178 Wis. 2d 320, 504 N.W.2d 362 (Ct. App. 1993). The defendant, William Messelt (Messelt) argues that he is entitled to a new trial because extraneous, prejudicial information reached one or more jurors prior to the verdict. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court's dismissal of Messelt's postconviction motion based largely upon its belief that sec. 906.06(2), Stats.,1 pre*258vents jurors from testifying as to whether extraneous prejudicial information reached the jury unless the information in question was…