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STATE v. COOK

No. State 135.

66 Wis.2d 25 (1974)

224 N.W.2d 194

STATE, Respondent, v. COOK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided December 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Donald S. Eisenberg, Jerome S. Schmidt and Donald S. Eisenberg & Associates, and oral argument by Joseph K. Kuemmel, all of Madison.

For the respondent the cause was argued by David J. Becker, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Robert W. Warren, attorney general.

HEFFERNAN, J.

Robert M. Cook was found not guilty of first-degree murder by reason of a mental disease or defect which deprived him of the substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of society. As a consequence of this verdict, on December 21, 1971, the trial judge ordered Cook committed to the Department of Health and Social Services, to be placed in institutional custody, care, and treatment...

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