PETTIT v. STATE

No. 75-359-CR.

73 Wis.2d 543 (1976)

243 N.W.2d 223

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

For the defendant in error there was a brief by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, F. Joseph Sensenbrenner, Jr., and James H. McDermott, assistant attorneys general, and oral argument by Gary S. Carlson, assistant attorney general.


ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

Two issues are raised on this appeal, the first involving an issue as to the facts, the second involving a question of law.

[1] The issue of fact is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's finding that the defendant did not have just cause for his failure to provide for support and maintenance of his four-year-old daughter.1 The defendant was ordered to pay $76 a month for the...

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