STATE v. DRESKE

No. 77-453-CR.

88 Wis.2d 60 (1979)

276 N.W.2d 324

STATE, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. George DRESKE, Defendant-Appellant. Donald DRESKE, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant and plaintiff-in-error there were briefs by James R. Glover and James M. Shellow of Shellow & Shellow, Milwaukee, and briefs by Randall J. Sandfort and William M. Coffey of Coffey & Coffey, Milwaukee, with oral argument by James R. Glover on behalf of defendant-appellant George Dreske, and oral argument by Dennis M. Coffey of Coffey & Coffey on behalf of plaintiff-in-error Donald Dreske.

For the plaintiff-respondent and defendant-in-error, there were briefs by William L. Gansner, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

Before Decker, C.J., Cannon, P.J. and Robert W. Hansen, Reserve Judge.


CANNON, P.J.

Defendant-appellant's convictions are the first criminal convictions attained under the new Wisconsin Campaign Financing Act (CFA), enacted in ch. 334, Laws of 1973. The appellant challenges the constitutionality of the penalty sections of the CFA, and contends that various parts of the Act were improperly applied by both the trial judge and the District Attorney's office.

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