Wisconsin § 904.04 - Character evidence not admissible to prove conduct; exceptions; other crimes.
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§ 904.04. Character evidence not admissible to prove conduct; exceptions; other crimes.
904.04(1) (1) Character evidence generally. Evidence of a person’s character or a trait of the person’s character is not admissible for the purpose of proving that the person acted in conformity therewith on a particular occasion, except: 904.04(1)(a) (a) Character of accused. Evidence of a pertinent trait of the accused’s character offered by an accused, or by the prosecution to rebut the same; 904.04(1)(b) (b) Character of victim. Except as provided in s. 972.11 (2) , evidence of a pertinent trait of character of the victim of the crime offered by an accused, or by the prosecution to rebut the same, or evidence of a character trait of peacefulness of the victim offered by the prosecution in a homicide case to rebut evidence that the victim was the first aggressor; 904.04(1)(c) (c) Character of witness. Evidence of the character of a witness, as provided in ss.
Source: official Wisconsin text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 904.04 ("Character evidence not admissible to prove conduct; exceptions; other crimes.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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