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KNECHT v. STATE

No. State 197.

68 Wis.2d 697 (1975)

229 N. W. 2d 649

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there was a brief by Patrick J. Devitt and Patricia M. Heim, both of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Ms. Heim.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by Thomas J. Balistreri, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

HANLEY, J.

The issue presented is whether the trial court abused its discretion by adding to the defendant's sentence an additional term for the crime of perjury and by considering an improper fact not of record?

The defendant contends that the trial court improperly added to the sentence an additional term for the crime of perjury and improperly considered the suicide of one of the alibi witnesses in sentencing him.

The question of the trial court...

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