STATE v. ZIEGENHAGEN

No. 75-283-CR.

73 Wis.2d 656 (1976)

245 N.W.2d 656

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there was a brief by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, Gerald E. Clickner, Racine county district attorney, Thomas P. Finley and Timothy L. Vocke, Racine county assistant district attorneys, and oral argument by Mr. Finley.

For the defendant in error there was a brief by Martin I. Hanson, Eugene A. Gasiorkiewicz and Schoone, Mc-Manus & Hanson, S. C., and oral argument by Mr. Gasiorkiewicz, all of Racine.


HEFFERNAN, J.

The question presented in this case is whether the trial judge properly dismissed the information filed against Jessie G. Ziegenhagen on the grounds that he had been denied the constitutional right to speedy trial when the delay of twenty-four months between arraignment and trial was occasioned by the negligence of the state and under circumstances showing that the defendant's witnesses, because of the delay...

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