HOPPE v. STATE

No. 75-180-CR.

74 Wis.2d 107 (1976)

246 N.W.2d 122

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there was a brief by Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender, and Ronald L. Brandt, deputy state public defender, and oral argument by Mr. Brandt.

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


HEFFERNAN, J.

The defendant, Thomas F. Hoppe, was found guilty of murder in the second degree of Lynn Westbrook and the attempted first-degree murder of Mary Jans. Hoppe was sentenced to ten years for the attempted first-degree murder and twenty years for the second-degree murder, with the terms to be served consecutively.

On this appeal Hoppe contends that he was deprived of his constitutional right to a fair trial, because the trial judge improperly denied...

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