163 Wis. 2d 993 - State v. Gesch’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “I scrutinized Juror Wineke's responses as closely as I could with an eye toward a presumption of disqualification, and he very strongly in my view and as I detailed yesterday in my view rebutted that presumption of bias or possible sympathy. Certainly I was suspicious and inclined to excuse him if he in fact didn't persuade me quite convincingly that he was of a very strong independent mind about treating his brother in a fashion virtually identical to a witness he didn't know. For many family situations, that would be a difficult proposition. It was clear to me that it was not a difficult proposition for that particular juror.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Wis. 2d 660 - State v. Gesch

2. “[a] trial court must honor challenges for cause whenever it may reasonably suspect that circumstances outside the evidence may create bias or appearance of bias,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 219 Wis. 2d 481 - State v. Ferron

3. “Nyberg does not compel the creation of broad, general rules.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 219 Wis. 2d 481 - State v. Ferron