Nos.    95-1780-CR

            95-1781-CR

            95-1782-CR

 

STATE OF WISCONSIN IN COURT OF APPEALS

     DISTRICT IV           

                                                                                                                       

STATE OF WISCONSIN,

 

                                                            Plaintiff-Appellant,

 

                        v.                                                                                 ERRATA SHEET

 

RYAN E. BROCKMAN,

 

                                                            Defendant-Respondent.

                                                                                                                      

 

 

Marilyn L. Graves

Clerk of Court of Appeals

231 East, State Capitol

Madison, WI   53702

Peg Carlson

Chief Staff Attorney

119 Martin Luther King Blvd.

Madison, WI  53703

 

Court of Appeals District I

633 W. Wisconsin Ave., #1400

Milwaukee, WI   53203-1918

Court of Appeals District II

2727 N. Grandview Blvd.

Waukesha, WI   53188-1672

 

Court of Appeals District III

740 Third Street

Wausau, WI   54403-5784

Court of Appeals District IV

119 Martin Luther King Blvd.

Madison, WI  53703

 

Jennifer Krapf

Administrative Assistant

119 Martin Luther King Blvd.

Madison, WI  53703

 

Hon. Jack F. Aulik

Dane Co. Courthouse

210 M.L. King Jr. Blvd.

Madison, WI 53709

 

Judith Coleman Nispel

Trial Court Clerk

Nos. 95-CT-285/286,95-CM-499

Dane Co. Courthouse

Madison, WI 53709

Paul W. Humphrey

Asst. District Attorney

523 City-County Bldg.

Madison, WI 53709


 

Peter L. Steinberg

King Street Law Collective

111 King St., #24

Madison, WI 53703

 

 

 

                        PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the attached page 7 is to be substituted for page 7 in the above-captioned opinion which was released on May 9, 1996.

                        Dated this 17th day of December, 2006.


commenced."  State v. Maass, 178 Wis.2d 63, 67, 502 N.W.2d 913, 915 (Ct. App. 1993).

                        Because it would tend to establish whether one of the elements of § 346.63(1)(a), Stats., exists for operating under the influence, Brockman's HGN test result is significant evidence.  The trial court's order barred its admission.  The State may appeal the order under § 974.05(1)(d)2, Stats.

III.  EXPERT WITNESS

                        Whether a witness is qualified as an expert is a discretionary determination for the trial court.  State v. Donner, 192 Wis.2d 305, 317, 531 N.W.2d 369, 374 (Ct. App. 1995).  The court properly exercises its discretion when it applies the correct theory of law to the facts of record in a reasoned manner.  Hartung, 102 Wis.2d 58, 66, 306 N.W.2d 16, 20 (1981).  If the witness knows something beyond that generally known, the witness is an expert.  State v. Hollingsworth, 160 Wis.2d 883, 896, 467 N.W.2d 555, 560 (Ct. App. 1991).

                        The trial court ruled that Dr. Godich was not qualified because his opinions were based on hearsay, since no evidence existed that the articles he brought to the hearing came under the learned treatise exception, but even if they did the State had not complied with the forty-day notice requirement in that exception, § 908.03(18)(a), Stats.