STATE EX REL. EVANOW v. SERAPHIM

No. 150.

40 Wis.2d 223 (1968)

161 N.W.2d 369

STATE EX REL. EVANOW, Appellant, v. SERAPHIM, County Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Howard G. Brown and Shellow, Shellow & Coffey, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Brown.

For the respondent the cause was argued by Harold B. Jackson, Jr., assistant district attorney of Milwaukee county, with whom on the brief were Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and David J. Cannon, district attorney.


ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

The sole question in this case is whether it appears from the written complaint that there is probable cause to believe that the relator is guilty of burglary. Wisconsin statutory law requires that the complaint itself set forth the grounds for probable cause.1 This differs from federal court procedures where supporting affidavits may be used for the showing of probable cause...

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