WRIGHT v. STATE

Nos. State 125-128.

46 Wis.2d 75 (1970)

175 N.W.2d 646

WRIGHT, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error. [Nos. State 125, 126.] JONES, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error. [Nos. State 127, 128.]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 3, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error Angus M. Wright there was a brief and oral argument by John B. Werra of Milwaukee.

For the plaintiff in error Bruce E. Jones there was a brief and oral argument by Charles Rowan of Milwaukee.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by Theodore J. Hodan, assistant district attorney of Milwaukee county, with whom on the brief were Robert W. Warren, attorney general, and E. Michael McCann, district attorney.


ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

While a number of challenges are made by defendants to their convictions on charges of armed robbery, the principal issues raised deal with the admission of certain testimony at their trial. We deal first with the objections to the police lineups at which the defendants were identified as perpetrators of the crime. Here the trial court conducted a pretrial hearing to determine the lineup issues raised, much as would be done on a challenge to the...

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