A Racine County court case, which had its beginnings six years ago that is now going to be heard by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, deals with this very question.
Manuel Garcia, then 44, listens to court proceedings on in November 2014 during his sentencing hearing before Racine County Circuit Court Judge Mike Piontek. Garcia was sentenced to 40 years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision for the first-degree reckless homicide death of 23-month-old Jovani Martinez. Garcia is seeking a new trial. GREGORY SHAVER, Journal Times file photo
The case of a local man, convicted in 2014 for allegedly causing the death of an infant after a beating four years earlier, is headed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
If the stateâs highest court rules, as the Wisconsin Court of Appeals did in October, that a Racine County Circuit Court judge erred in allowing an improperly recorded confession to be presented to a jury, the man will get a new trial.