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HANDEL v. STATE

No. 75-620-CR.

74 Wis.2d 699 (1976)

247 N.W.2d 711

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided December 14, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error the cause was argued by Richard M. Sals, assistant state public defender, with whom on the brief was Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender.

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.

ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

No challenge is raised to the trial court's comments on the seriousness of the crime of cattle-rustling. None could be. It is true that in frontier days, on the open range, rustlers would steal whole heard of cattle, altering brands and driving them to market for sale. Nowadays, with pastures fenced, rustlers are more likely to kill and steal the carcass of one or more cows. But now as then, the individual farmer is highly vulnerable to the rustler...

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