IN MATTER OF E.B.

No. 81-2020.

109 Wis.2d 1 (1982)

325 N.W.2d 64

IN the MATTER OF E.B., a child under the age of 18 years: E. B., Appellant, v. STATE of Wisconsin, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Louis B. Butler, Jr., assistant state public defender.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Daniel J. O'Brien, assistant attorney general.

Before Decker, C.J., Moser, P.J., and Wedemeyer, J.


DECKER, C.J.

We vacate the judgment of the circuit court adjudicating E.B. delinquent after a trial by jury, and the order transferring his custody to the State Department of Health and Social Services because the trial court refused to send written instructions to the jury regarding burden of proof and reasonable doubt, as commanded by secs. 805.13(4) and 972.10(5), Stats. Other issues raised by E.B. are not addressed because the jury instruction issue is dispositive...

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