Van Wagner & Wood, S.C., http://www.vanwagnerandwood.com, criminal and drunk driving defense Madison Wisconsin

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Criminal & drunk driving defense lawyers Attorney Chris Van Wagner & Attorney Tracey Wood are repeatedly voted as Madison's Best criminal & drunk driving defense lawyers in all of Dane County, Wisconsin

Jury proceedings include summoning jurors, selection and qualification of the jury, and challenging jurors for cause, as well as the court's duty to charge the jury, give the jury instructions, and discharge the jury. Jury selection proceedings are generally the same for civil and criminal trials, except that in a criminal case, the parties may remove more prospective jurors for strategic reasons than in civil cases. This is called a “challenge” to that juror, and that juror is removed by the court, unless the court finds that the party “challenging” that juror is doing so for illegal reasons of racial or other prohibited forms of discrimination. Just this June, 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a 1985 death penalty conviction and death sentence from a Texas case, due to its belief that the State prosecutors had tried to remove all prospective African-American jurors simply because jurors were persons of color and for no other apparent reason. Texas must now decide whether or not to retry a 20-year old homicide case. These principles apply in Wisconsin and all other states’ criminal cases.

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Jury proceedings include summoning jurors, selection and qualification of the jury, and challenging jurors for cause, as well as the court's duty to charge the jury, give the jury instructions, and discharge the jury. Jury selection proceedings are generally the same for civil and criminal trials, except that in a criminal case, the parties may remove more prospective jurors for strategic reasons than in civil cases. This is called a “challenge” to that juror, and that juror is removed by the court, unless the court finds that the party “challenging” that juror is doing so for illegal reasons of racial or other prohibited forms of discrimination. Just this June, 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a 1985 death penalty conviction and death sentence from a Texas case, due to its belief that the State prosecutors had tried to remove all prospective African-American jurors simply because jurors were persons of color and for no other apparent reason. Texas must now decide whether or not to retry a 20-year old homicide case. These principles apply in Wisconsin and all other states’ criminal cases.

In Wisconsin felony cases, both the prosecution and the defense may each challenge 4 potential jurors, unless the crime charged is punishable by life imprisonment, in which case, each side may challenge 6 potential jurors. If there are 2 defendants, the court may allow more challenges: up to 12 challenges if the charge may result in life imprisonment and there are 2 defendants, or up 18 challenges if there are more than 2 defendants. In other felony cases, which do not include life imprisonment, 2 defendants may have 6 challenges and more than 2 defendants may have up to 9 challenges.

In Wisconsin misdemeanor cases, both the prosecution and the defense are allowed up to 3 challenges, unless there are 2 defendants, then the defense is allowed up to 4, or if there are more than 2 defendants, the defense is allowed up to 6 challenges.If additional jurors are to be selected, each side is allowed one additional challenge.

If you are an attorney, you may want to refer to the online resources for a link to the website where you can order a set of jury instructions.

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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.

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Van Wagner & Wood's criminal defense lawyers handle appeals to both the Appellate Court and the Supreme Court, as well as both state and Federal court systems for people convicted of a crime who believe their conviction or sentence were wrong. Most often, the appeals that they handle are to federal court because very few attorneys handle these types of appeals; Attorney Chris Van Wagner was a US Attorney in Wisconsin before entering private practice. Often times, people from across the United States hire Attorney Van Wagner for a Federal or a state appeal for serious crimes including homicide, RICO (Racketeering), felony murder, negligent homicide, vehicular homicide, or sexual assault. Attorney Tracey Wood handles appeals to Wisconsin State Court of Appeals and Wisconsin Supreme Court for charges or convictions stemming from a Wisconsin trial.

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