STATE EX REL. SCHULTER v. RORAFF

No. 314.

39 Wis.2d 342 (1968)

159 N.W.2d 25

STATE EX REL. SCHULTER, Appellant, v. RORAFF, County Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Bosshard, Sundet & Doyle and Patrick R. Doyle, all of La Crosse, and oral argument by Patrick R. Doyle.

For the respondent 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 Burleigh Randolph, district attorney of La Crosse county.


HALLOWS, C. J.

The appeal raises several issues: (1) Is prohibition a proper remedy to test the jurisdiction of the county court and the adequacy of the complaint; (2) should the state be permanently prohibited from further proceeding in the criminal action; (3) is the complaint defective; and (4) is sec. 947.15, Stats., unconstitutional?

Writ of Prohibition.

We think the writ of prohibition was a proper remedy to test the jurisdiction of the...

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