Daniel Hanson v. David Beth

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Daniel Hanson appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which challenges his state conviction for fleeing and eluding a Wisconsin traffic officer. At his trial, Hanson sought to introduce testimony that the police officer from whom he fled had a “confrontational, aggressive and hot-tempered” character, but the trial court excluded the evidence under Wisconsin’s analogue to Federal Rule of Evidence 404(a). Hanson was convicted and sentenced to sixty days in jail. He petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the trial…