JONES v. STATE OF WIS.

No. 77-1104.

562 F.2d 440 (1977)

James E. JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF WISCONSIN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlene R. Bohl, Steven D. Phillips, law student, Madison, Wis., for petitioner-appellant.

Bronson C. La Follette, Atty. Gen., John M. Schmolesky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for respondent-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, TONE, Circuit Judge, and DECKER, District Judge.


DECKER, District Judge.

I.

This action was brought by petitioner-appellant, James E. Jones, to obtain a writ of habeas corpus. He contends that under Wisconsin law his plea of guilty must be vacated because it was entered after an erroneous ruling of the Wisconsin trial court admitting the in-court identifications of the appellant by two eye-witnesses to the crime. Jones argues that these identifications were tainted by previous improper and highly...

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