2020 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 972. Criminal trials.
972.01 Jury; civil rules applicable.
972.01 Jury; civil rules applicable. The summoning of jurors, the selection and qualifications of the jury, the challenge of jurors for cause and the duty of the court in charging the jury and giving instructions and discharging the jury when unable to agree shall be the same in criminal as in civil actions, except that s. 805.08 (3) shall not apply.
History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 784 (1975); Sup. Ct. Order No. 96-08, 207 Wis. 2d xv (1997).
The charge as to the duty of a jury to try to reach agreement, was proper. Kelley v. State, 51 Wis. 2d 641, 187 N.W.2d 810 (1971).
Reinstruction presenting for the first time choices for lesser included offenses not presented in the initial instructions, if proper at all, would be a rare event, only done in exceptional circumstances. State v. Thurmond, 2004 WI App 49, 270 Wis. 2d 477, 677 N.W.2d 655, 03-0191.
