BROWN v. STATE

No. State 229.

64 Wis.2d 581 (1974)

219 N.W.2d 373

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was submitted for the plaintiff in error on the brief of Patrick J. Devitt, Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, and for the defendant in error on the brief of Robert W. Warren, attorney general, and David J. Becker, assistant attorney general.


Submitted under sec. (Rule) 251.54 June 5, 1974.

HALLOWS, C. J.

The issue concerns the exclusion by the trial court of evidence offered by Brown on a motion to suppress evidence before trial. The evidence concerned his prior experience with the police and the advice given him by his former attorney on a number of occasions to remain silent and to refuse to answer questions in the absence of his attorney if he were arrested and questioned by the police regarding...

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