Geske defense likely to start Friday

GREEN BAY - The prosecution says it is done calling witnesses against Anrietta Geske.

Police say Geske was drunk and speeding when she collided with another vehicle near Bay Park Square in Ashwaubenon last June. Eighteen-year-olds Talhia Heroux and Ashley Britsch-Knetzger died in that crash.

The prosecution continued its case Thursday, calling witnesses who testified about the speed Geske was driving at the time of the crash, on June 3rd.

"When I saw her she was very, like, set back in her car, and her hair was just like flying all over 'cuz the top was down. I've never seen a car go that fast," testified Elizabeth Sadowsky.

Sadowsky said she was in another car in Ashwaubenon the night of the crash, and saw a Porsche speed past her and her friend.

A Brown County Sheriff's deputy also took the witness stand. He showed crash pictures, and also brought a traffic light from the intersection, and testified the light was red when it was broken.

He also testified he drove up to 80 miles an hour down Oneida Street later that night.

While questioning Deputy Kevin Pawlak of the Brown County Sheriff's Department, Geske's attorney Jerry Buting said, "You did that test from the approximate stopping point southbound on Oneida at Cormier...and gunned it all the way, see how fast you could get to the point of the impact, right?"

Pawlak replied, "Yes." Buting followed up with, "But that's not what any witness said happened, is it?"

A toxicologist from the state hygiene lab testified Geske's blood alcohol level was .072, below the legal limit, when it was tested about two hours after the crash.

The last witness the state called was a sergeant with the Wisconsin State Patrol who worked on reconstructing the crash.

"Part of the Buick went underneath the Porsche, and part of it wrapped around the top, the doors basically," said Sgt. Duane Meyers with the Wisconsin State Patrol.

Meyers also estimated the Buick, the car the two girls were in, was going 17-20 miles an hour at the time of the crash. He said Geske's Porsche was going 80-86 miles an hour.

Geske's attorney requested the charges against her be dismissed, saying the state did not meet its burden of proof. That motion was denied.

Geske's attorney renewed his mistrial motion from Wednesday, but that was also denied.
Geske's attorney is expected to start making his case to the jury Friday morning.