# State v. Plude

> Wisconsin Supreme Court · June 10, 2008 · 310 Wis. 2d 28

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9682803

## Case

- **Full name:** State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Douglas J. Plude, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner
- **Court:** Wisconsin Supreme Court
- **Decided:** June 10, 2008
- **Citations:** 310 Wis. 2d 28; 750 N.W.2d 42; 2008 WI 58; 2008 Wisc. LEXIS 309
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Butler
- **Judges:** Roggensack, Butler, Ziegler
- **Cited by:** 94 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that a court only reaches the issue of whether there is a reasonable probability that a jury hearing both the old and the new evidence would have a doubt as to the 14 No. 2020AP369 defendant’s guilt, if the defendant is able to prove the four criteria to establish that…
- concluding that where an expert witness lied about his credentials, the reliability of the expert’s substantive testimony may have been affected
- concluding that granting a new trial in the interest of justice was required without analyzing whether the case was exceptional
- finding that an expert’s lie about a credential may have affected the reliability of his essential testimony

## Opinion text

LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR., J.
¶ 51. {concurring). I join the majority opinion. I write separately because I also agree with Justice Ziegler that this matter can he reversed pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 751.06 , discretionary reversal, as the real controversy has not been fully tried. I therefore respectfully concur.

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