State v. Chew

NEUBAUER, PJ.

¶ 1. This case is about Wisconsin's new "castle doctrine" statute, Wis. Stat. § 939.48(lm) (2011-12).1 The new law generally provides that use of force is presumably justified when a *371person is defending himself or herself against an unlawful and forcible intruder in that person's home. Charles Chew was tried for recklessly endangering safety, use of a dangerous weapon, based on shots he fired at two men from the front door of his apartment complex as they were fleeing through a parking lot. Chew challenges the trial court's decision not to give an instruction under the "castle…