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STATE v. DEVITT

No. 76-228-CR.

82 Wis.2d 262 (1978)

262 N.W.2d 73

STATE, Respondent, v. DEVITT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 7, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Michael O. Bohren, Thomas L. Frenn, J. Timothy Gratz, Moses J. Zimmermann, and oral argument by James R. Glover, all of Milwaukee.

For the respondent the cause was argued by Wm. L. Gansner, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

BEILFUSS, C. J.

In the early months of 1974 the defendant, James C. Devitt, then a state senator, sought the Republican party endorsement to become a candidate for the office of governor. He was unsuccessful in his attempt to get the party endorsement and did not become a candidate for the nomination at the primary election to be held in September.

On July 9, 1974, a committee supporting Devitt's effort to get the party endorsement, known as "Friends of Senator...

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