The prosecution also introduced oral statements by the victim to police in which she voiced similar fear that her husband was plotting to kill her. Though the trial court initially refused to admit this evidence, it eventually came in due to an interlocutory ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The Wisconsin high court ruled that the evidence would be admissible under the “forfeiture by wrongdoing” doctrine, over a Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause objection, if the trial court found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the defendant had killed the victim and thereby rendered Julie Jensen unavailable to testify. The trial court so found, after following the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s directions, so the evidence was admitted, and the defendant was convicted.