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STATE v. THOMPSON

31 Wis.2d 365 (1966)

STATE, Respondent, v. THOMPSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 7, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was submitted for the appellant on the brief of Frank D. Woodworth of Beaver Dam, and for the respondent on the brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, William A. Platz and Betty R. Brown, assistant attorneys general, and John P. Kaiser, district attorney of Dodge county.

GORDON, J.

The appellant claims that the state failed to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that he was in custody at the time of his escape. The appellant points out that the statute speaks in terms of an escape from "custody." Sec. 946.42 (3) (a), Stats.

Mr. Thompson was transferred from the Wisconsin state reformatory at Green Bay to the correctional institution at Fox Lake, and it is his contention on this appeal...

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