State v. Stevens

This permissive appeal of a nonfinal order deals with the scope of the hearsay exception for statements against interest that "make the declarant an object of hatred, ridicule, or disgrace." Section 908.045(4), Stats. The appeal also raises the issues of whether the exception in sec. 908.045(2) for recent "perceptions" is broad enough to include a declarant's aural "perception" of another person's oral statement, and what the scope is of the residual exception in 908.045(6). We conclude that the evidence submitted in the preliminary hearing following a charge of burglary against Gerald W.…