State v. Gomaz

This appeal is before this court on certification from the court of appeals pursuant to sec. (Rule) 809.61, Stats. The appeal is from a judgment of conviction of the defendant for first-degree murder while using a dangerous weapon, under secs. 940.01(1) and 939.63(l)(a)2, in the circuit court for Kenosha county, Judge David M. Bastian. The substance of this appeal was the defendant’s claim that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury as to imperfect self-defense while finding reasonable grounds to exist in the evidence to instruct the jury as to perfect self-defense. The…