State v. Parker

¶ 1. Jerry L. Parker appeals his judgment of conviction and a trial court order denying postconviction relief. Parker, citing State v. Perry, 136 Wis. 2d 92, 401 N.W.2d 748 (1987), argues that the trial court erred when it denied his request for a new trial after potentially exculpatory evidence, an audiotape of an alleged drug buy, was destroyed. We reject Parker's arguments, concluding that the principles of Perry, a missing transcript case, are inapplicable here. We therefore affirm the judgment of conviction and the order denying postconviction relief.

FACTS

¶ 2. Parker was convicted of…