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Wis. Stat. § 901.01 (2026)

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901.01901.01 Scope. Chapters 901 to 911 govern proceedings in the courts of the state of Wisconsin except as provided in ss. 911.01 and 972.11.
901.01 HistoryHistory: Sup. Ct. Order, 59 Wis. 2d R1, R9 (1973).
901.01 AnnotationEvidence: A collection of rules not in the statutes. Marion, WBB July, 1985.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1980–2020 · leading case: State v. Kleser, 2010 WI 88 (Wis. 2010).
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State v. Kleser, 2010 WI 88 (Wis. 2010). · cites it 4× “" Wis. Stat. § 901.01 . Wisconsin Stat. § 911.”
State v. Thornon F. Talley, 2017 WI 21 (Wis. 2017). · cites it 4× “" Wis. Stat. § 901.01 . 5 No. 2013AP950.ssa ¶53 The State uses the words "material" and "facts of consequence" rather than the word "relevant" to describe the statutory word "facts.”
AllEnergy Corp. v. Trempealeau Cnty. Env't & Land Use Comm., 2017 WI 52 (Wis. 2017). · cites it 2× “¶77 AllEnergy contends that there is no substantial evidence in the record upon which the Trempealeau County Environment & Land Use Committee could deny AllEnergy's application because the Committee could not rely on the "uncorroborated hearsay" in the record or the lay opinions…”
Goranson v. Dep't of Indus., Labor & Human Relations, 289 N.W.2d 270 (Wis. 1980). · cites it 2× “” The applicant contends that under this section, when the basic facts are shown, the burden is on the person attacking the presumed fact to prove the contrary by a “preponderance of the evidence.”
State v. Brown, 2005 WI 29 (Wis. 2005). · cites it 2× “§ 901.01 provides the scope of the rules of evidence in general, and specifies that chapters 901 to 911 "govern proceedings in the courts of the state of Wisconsin except as provided in ss.”
Off. of Lawyer Reg. v. Wendy Alison Nora, 2020 WI 70 (Wis. 2020). · cites it 2× “¶61 Attorney Nora contends that these "new factual allegations" were improper because the OLR did not obtain a 11 With each of her three appellate briefs, Attorney Nora filed a set of requests asking this court to take judicial notice of certain documents under Wis. Stat. §…”
State v. Thompson, 585 N.W.2d 905 (Wis. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “See § 901.01, Stats.; Steinberg v. Jensen, 194 Wis.”
Questions, Inc. v. City of Milwaukee, 2011 WI App 126 (Wis. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “To begin, even assuming, without deciding, that the police report synopsis is hearsay, the Wisconsin Statutes only prohibit the admission of hearsay evidence from "proceedings in the courts of the state of Wisconsin.”
State v. Thornon F. Talley (Wis. 2017). · cites it 2× “" Wis. Stat. § 901.01 . 5 No. 2013AP950.ssa ¶53 The State uses the words "material" and "facts of consequence" rather than the word "relevant" to describe the statutory word "facts.”
State v. Chad A. Renier (Wis. Ct. App. 2019). “§ 901.01. In this case, the document purportedly from his physician was hearsay and lacked foundation, and was therefore inadmissible.”
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