State v. Strege

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Honorable Michael J. Barron, Circuit Judge, convicting Carl Henry Strege of first-degree murder. There are two issues on this re view: (1) whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s request for a jury instruction on the defense of voluntary intoxication; and (2) whether the issue of the trial court’s refusal to give the requested instruction is properly before this court. We hold that the defendant did not produce evidence entitling him to an…