MADISON (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Milwaukee man who is serving a life sentence for killing his girlfriend with an ice pick, saying the evidence against him was overwhelming.
The court on Tuesday affirmed the 2010 conviction of Eddie Lee Anthony in the stabbing death of Sabrina R. Junior.
According to court records, Anthony stabbed Junior 45 times during an argument in their Milwaukee home while their children hid in a closet in the other room.
Anthony claimed he acted in self-defense and planned to testify at trial. But the judge didn't allow it. That formed the basis of his appeal.
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction 6-1, saying it was not wrong for the lower court to disallow his testimony. Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson dissented.