Legal Opinion
State v. Eddie Lee Anthony
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 2015No. 2013AP000467-CRPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtN. Patrick Crooks, J.
¶ 1. On August 20, 2010, Eddie Lee Anthony (Anthony) killed S.J., the mother of his children. The evidence showed that Anthony beat and stabbed S.J. 45 times with an ice *122pick while their children hid in a closet in the next room. In addition to the puncture wounds, S.J. suffered four broken ribs, as well as numerous abrasions and contusions, leading the medical examiner to consider the cause of death "multiple sharp and blunt force injuries."
¶ 2. Anthony never denied killing S.J. His theory of the case was self-defense. To support that theory, Anthony planned to serve as the sole eyewitness…
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