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STATE v. WILSON

No. 75-425-CR.

77 Wis.2d 15 (1977)

252 N.W.2d 64

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 29, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error the cause was argued by Patricia S. Curley, assistant district attorney, with whom on the brief were Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and E. Michael McCann, district attorney for Milwaukee County.

For the defendant in error there was a brief by Theodore J. Hodan, Richard J. Podell and Podell, Hodan & Podell, S. C. and oral argument by Theodore J. Hodan and Richard J. Podell, all of Milwaukee.

DAY, J.

The question is whether a sentence of life imprisonment, following conviction of first-degree murder, may be stayed and the defendant placed on probation.

On March 20, 1975 Mary Levis Wilson was convicted in a trial to the court without a jury of first-degree murder contrary to Sec. 940.01 (1) Stats.1 in the shooting death of her husband. A sentence of life imprisonment was imposed on April 21, 1975. Execution of the

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