Legal Opinion

O'CONNOR v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1966PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilkie, J.

Two issues are presented here: First, was it error for the prosecution to comment, during the voir dire examination, on the fact that there were going to be defense witnesses ?

Second, did the trial court err in limiting the plaintiff in error’s cross-examination of Schoenemann, a prosecution witness ?

Reference to Defense Witnesses.

During the voir dire examination of the jury, the following colloquy took place between the defense attorneys, Frinzi and Toudor, the assistant district attorney, Tier-ney, and the court:

“Mr. Frinzi: Your Honor, to save some time here, I would like to take these…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hedger v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
  2. State v. CoccoOhio Court of Appeals · 1943
  3. Sprague v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Edwards v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1970
  2. State v. SchenkWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
  3. State v. GresensWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Simpson v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Tobar v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966

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