{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-972.09","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 972.09","heading":"Hostile witness in criminal cases.","body":"Where testimony of a witness at any preliminary examination, hearing or trial in a criminal action is inconsistent with a statement previously made by the witness, the witness may be regarded as a hostile witness and examined as an adverse witness, and the party producing the witness may impeach the witness by evidence of such prior contradictory statement. When called by the defendant, a law enforcement officer who was involved in the seizure of evidence shall be regarded as a hostile witness and may be examined as an adverse witness at any hearing in which the legality of such seizure may properly be raised.","path":["Chs. 967-980, Criminal Procedure","Chapter 972 Criminal Trials"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/972.09","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:54Z","sha256":"44a7f8c0a03ec565da488dc3ae390ad851defc7e4bcb353069a0c246ecf89425","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-972.085","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-972.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}