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STATE EX REL. PORTER v. WOLKE

No. 77-016.

80 Wis.2d 197 (1977)

257 N.W.2d 881

STATE EX REL. PORTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WOLKE, Sheriff, and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by James C. Reiher and Perry & First, S. C. of Milwaukee, and Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender, and oral argument by Mr. Reiher.

For the respondents the cause was argued by Pamela Magee-Heilprin, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

As he did before the trial court and on his application for a writ of habeas corpus, this petitioner-appellant contends on appeal that the trial court was without jurisdiction to order a reexamination of his competency to stand trial on the charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery and attempted armed robbery, or to confine him for the purpose of having such reexamination conducted.

The petitioner's challenge to the trial court's jurisdiction...

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