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POWELL v. STATE

Nos. 76-508-CR, 76-510-CR.

86 Wis.2d 51 (1978)

271 N.W.2d 610

POWELL, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error. HICKLES, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs in error the cause was submitted on the brief of Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender, Ronald L. Brandt, deputy state public defender, and Mark Lukoff, assistant state public defender.

For the defendants in error the cause was submitted on the brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Betty R. Brown, assistant attorney general.

BEILFUSS, C. J.

On November 6, 1975, at about 6:15 p.m., at the Vine Street Tap in Milwaukee, the bartender, Amos Pinnex,1 was confronted by a black man at the bar pointing a revolver in his face. Another black man carried either a bolt action shotgun or a rifle. Five people were in the bar when the robbers entered—the bartender, three elderly regulars, and a customer named Larry Parks who later admitted being a party to the robbery...

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