COMMODORE v. STATE


33 Wis.2d 373 (1967)

COMMODORE, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there was a brief and oral argument by Henry Dorman of Racine.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by Betty R. Brown, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief were Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, William A. Platz, assistant attorney general, and Gerald E. Clickner, district attorney of Racine county.


HEFFERNAN, J.

The defendant contends that he was denied a speedy trial, that he was adversely affected by prejudicial publicity that attended his prosecution, that the display to the jury of the money found in the washbasin was prejudicial, and that the judge failed to instruct the jury that it could make a finding of guilt in regard to lesser but included offenses. On the basis of all; these contentions, the defendant maintains that the judgment should be reversed...

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