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You may want to read:
About
Attorney Chris Van Wagner | About
Attorney Tracey Wood | Jury Trials
|
Order of a Jury Trial | Jury Procedures
- Voir Dire | Witnesses | Hostile
Witness |
“Double Jeopardy” | Sequestration
of Jurors | Beyond A Reasonable
Doubt |
Once the jury is selected for a criminal trial, the court will determine if the jurors may take notes and if so, provide the materials and instructions on note-taking, including that the notes will be collected at the end of the trial and destroyed. The court will inform the prosecution and defense of the instructions it intends to provide to the jury so that each party has the opportunity to object to the information and to suggest additional instructions as they see proper. The court will then provide the jury with this information and instruction, which may include the elements of a criminal charge, what constitutes evidence, the burden of proof, creditability of a witness, and a directive to refrain from discussing the case until deliberations commence.
At the conclusion of a criminal trial, the court delivers jury instructions to the jury. Those instructions include a reading of the law that applies to the charges alleged against the defendant and an interpretation of the law to the extent allowed by statutory law. Prior to the delivery of the jury instructions, the prosecution and the defense may each submit a motion to the court requesting that certain insturctions be given to the jury. The court informs the defense and prosecution attorneys of the instructions that the court intends to deliver. Usually, the entire set of instructions that the court intends to provide to the jury are taken from the volumes of "Jury Instructions" manuals created for use by Wisconsin courts. The defense attorney or the prosecutor may object to the court's intended instructions. The process of determining which instructions are to be given to the jury is a matter that is often times appealed.
Once the jury instructions are given, the jury goes into deliberation. The jury may from time to time ask the court to clarify the instructions that they were given or to provide access to evidence presented during the trial. For any requests, both the prosecutor and the criminal defense attorney are made aware of the request.
Van Wagner & Wood's criminal defense attorneys and drunk driving defense attorneys have handled thousands of misdemeanor cases and hundreds of felony cases including felony trials to verdict. Those attorneys, as well as any attorney, cannot promise you a successful outcome, but you can conduct your own due diligence to gather information about the criminal defense attorney or drunk driving defense attorney that you plan to hire. If you hire the criminal defense lawyers or drunk driving defense lawyers at Van Wagner & Wood, you can rest with the assurance that you have done all that you can possibly do to prepare your defense. Van Wagner & Wood's attorneys have been repeatedly recognized for their outstanding defense representation, and voted by their peers as the Best Criminal Defense Attorneys in Madison. Attorney Chris Van Wagner was nominated and confirmed as one of the top (best 5%) criminal defense and white collar crime defense attorneys in Wisconsin, and Attorney Tracey Wood was named to the Board of Regents for the National College of DUI Defense, a position reserved for the top drunk driving defense lawyers in the United States.
For a free first-impression analysis, call (608-284-1200) or e-mail the attorneys at Van Wagner & Wood right away.
You may want to read:
About
Attorney Chris Van Wagner | About
Attorney Tracey Wood | Jury Trials
| Order of a Jury Trial | Jury
Procedures - Voir Dire | Witnesses |
Hostile Witness | “Double
Jeopardy” | Sequestration
of Jurors | Beyond A Reasonable
Doubt
Van Wagner & Wood's office is located at Martin Luther
King, Jr. Blvd. and Doty Street. 10 East Doty is located on the outside
of the first circle surrounding the capitol building. You can park under
the building by entering the parking lot from Doty Street. If you park
under 10 East Doty, the offices of Van Wagner & Wood will validate
your parking ticket so that you do not have to pay to park. If the parking
ramp is full, there are numerous parking places surrounding 10 East Doty,
as well as a public parking ramp on State street. 
Appeals & Serious Crimes - Homicide - Murder
Federal Crimes
Former Federal prosecutor, Attorney Chris Van Wagner,
handles Federal cases, which includes Federal drug crimes and other Federal
criminal charges.
Drug Crimes
The criminal defense attorneys at Van Wagner & Wood
handle cases involving drug offenses in which the accusation is made by
either a state or a Federal prosecutor, arrests by state officials or
Federal agents, and other drug cases such as those handled by the DEA.
Drunk Driving (OWI, DUI, DWI)
Madison (Dane County), Richland Center (Richland County),
La Crosse (La Crosse County), Jefferson (Jefferson County), Wisconsin
Dells (Columbia County and Sauk County), Stevens Point (Portage County),
Dodgeville and Mineral Point (Iowa County), Portage (Columbia County)
and Montello (Marquette County).
Sexual Assault & Sex Crimes
Dane (Madison, Middleton, Monona, Fitchburg), Green (Monroe),
Lafayette (Darlington), Dodge (Beaver Dam, Waupun), Portage (Stevens Point),
Wood (Wisconsin Rapids), Sauk (Wisconsin Dells), Columbia (Columbus),
Richland (Richland Center) and Juneau (Mauston) area.
