State v. Trudeau

Troy Trudeau appeals a judgment of conviction for party to robbery, contrary to secs. 943.32(1) and 939.05, Stats., and an order denying post-conviction relief. Trudeau contends that the trial court erred by allowing him to be impeached by evidence of prior criminal acts to which he had pled guilty, but had not yet been sentenced. We hold that Trudeau had been convicted of those crimes for the purposes of admitting them as impeachment evidence under sec. 906.09(1), Stats., and therefore affirm the conviction.

On June 19, 1988, Trudeau and two other men robbed a pizza deliveryman. Although…