Opinion
No. 2013AP814–CR.
2014-06-3
STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Antonio D. WILLIAMS, Defendant–Appellant.
The trial court initially granted Williams's pre-trial motion to suppress this and the other letters found in the manila envelope, but later decided the “Big Homie” letter could be used for impeachment. Turner testified that he did not immediately give police this information because “[f]our of my friends got killed in front of me, and I didn't want to talk then. I didn't want to cooperate.” He thought “the streets would get Antonio Williams.” Federal authorities arrested Turner in early 2009 and charged him with: (1) “interference with commerce by threat or violence”; and (2) “conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance”: “five kilograms or more of cocaine.” While in jail on the federal case, Turner told his lawyer he wanted to talk to police about the July 4th quadruple homicide; and, at that time, identified Williams as one of the shooters.