BROWN v. WISCONSIN STATE DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 18414.

457 F.2d 257 (1972)

Frank J. BROWN, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. WISCONSIN STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

February 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Friebert, Milwaukee, Wis., for petitioner-appellant.

Lee Edward Wells, Asst. Dist. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., Robert W. Warren, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., E. Michael McCann, Dist. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., William A. Platz, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Wis., for respondent-appellee.

Before MAJOR and HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judges, and PELL, Circuit Judge.


HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by petitioner Frank J. Brown, Jr. from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the federal district court. The procedural background of this case will place the issues on this appeal in proper perspective.

Brown was charged and found guilty in the circuit court for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, of the illegal use of narcotic drugs without a prescription in violation of § 161.02(3), Wis...

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