State v. Perkins

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State v. Murle E. Perkins, III, 2000 WI App 137, 237 Wis. 2d 313, 614 N.W.2d 25, affirming an order of the Circuit Court for Jackson County, Michael McAlpine, Circuit Court Judge. The circuit court order denied the motion of the defendant, Murle E. Perkins III, for postconviction relief from a conviction for threatening a judge in violation of Wis. Stat. § 940.203(2) (1997-98).1

¶ 2. The question of law presented in this case is whether a new trial should be granted because the jury…