State v. Hansford

¶ 1. This case is before the court on certification by the court of appeals, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 809.61(1995-96). The issue certified to this court is whether Wis. Stat. § 756.096(3)(am), 2 which provides for six-person juries in criminal misdemeanor cases, violates art. I, § 7 3 or art. I, § 5 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution. A second issue, which was not certified to this court but was raised by the Defendant in his brief to the court of appeals, is whether the circuit court committed reversible error in denying the Defendant's request for a jury instruction on a common law right to…