972.06 View. The court may order a view by the jury.
The trial court, sitting as the trier of fact, committed an error of law in making and relying on an unrequested, unannounced, unaccompanied and unrecorded view of an accident scene in assessing evidence produced at trial. American Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Shannon, 120 Wis. 2d 560, 356 N.W.2d 175 (1984).
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 972 - Criminal trials.
972.01 - Jury; civil rules applicable.
972.03 - Peremptory challenges.
972.04 - Exercise of challenges.
972.08 - Incriminating testimony compelled; immunity.
972.085 - Immunity; use standard.
972.09 - Hostile witness in criminal cases.
972.11 - Evidence and practice; civil rules applicable.
972.115 - Admissibility of defendant's statement.
972.12 - Sequestration of jurors.