ZELENKA v. STATE

No. 76-145-CR.

83 Wis.2d 601 (1978)

266 N.W.2d 279

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error the cause was argued by Jack E. Schairer, assistant state public defender, with whom on the brief was Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by David J. Becker, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

Brief amicus curiae for Newspapers, Inc., Wisconsin Associated Press, and Sigma Delta Chi (Milwaukee Chapter) was filed by James P. Brody, Jon P. Christiansen, and Foley & Lardner, all of Milwaukee.


BEILFUSS, C. J.

Upon this review the defendant contends the trial court erred in failing to suppress the defendant's pretrial oral and written statements; in failing to receive polygraph results of the defendant's father at the suppression hearing; and in sustaining a newsman's privilege not to divulge his sources. He further contends the trial court lost jurisdiction after the case was remanded to the county court for supplemental preliminary hearings, and that the...

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