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Brown v. State

Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Jun 30, 1976
243 N.W.2d 519 (Wis. 1976)

Opinion

No. 75-123-CR.

Argued June 1, 1976. —

Decided June 30, 1976.

ERRORS to review a judgment and order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: JOHN G. BARTHOLOMEW, Circuit Judge of the Eighth Circuit, Presiding. Affirmed.

For the plaintiff in error there were briefs by Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender, and Robert J. Paul, assistant state public defender, and oral argument by Mr. Paul.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by William L. Gansner, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.



The court is equally divided on the question of whether the judgment and order should be affirmed or reversed. Mr. Chief Justice BRUCE F. BEILFUSS, Mr. Justice NATHAN S. HEFFERNAN, and Mr. Justice ROLAND B. DAY being of the opinion that the judgment and order should be reversed, and Mr. Justice LEO B. HANLEY, Mr. Justice CONNOR T. HANSEN, and Mr. Justice ROBERT W. HANSEN being of the opinion that the judgment and order should be affirmed, the judgment and order appealed from are affirmed under the rule.

Judgment and order affirmed.


Summaries of

Brown v. State

Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Jun 30, 1976
243 N.W.2d 519 (Wis. 1976)
Case details for

Brown v. State

Case Details

Full title:BROWN, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error

Court:Supreme Court of Wisconsin

Date published: Jun 30, 1976

Citations

243 N.W.2d 519 (Wis. 1976)
243 N.W.2d 519

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