STATE v. HOFFMAN

No. 80-1224-CR.

106 Wis.2d 185 (1982)

316 N.W.2d 143

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Barbara G. HOFFMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant there were briefs by Donald S. Eisenberg, and Morris D. Berman, and Eisenberg, Giesen, Ewers & Hayes, S.C., of Madison, and oral argument by Donald S. Eisenberg.

For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Thomas J. Balistreri, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Thomas J. Balistreri, assistant attorney general.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Bablitch, J. and Dykman, J.


DYKMAN, J.

Harold Berge died of cyanide poisoning on December 22, 1977. Defendant was charged with murdering him. A preliminary hearing was held on February 16, 1978, at which Gerald Davies testified against defendant. Davies died of cyanide poisoning on March 23, 1978. Defendant was subsequently charged with murdering Davies, and the two charges were tried together. Both counts alleged first-degree murder. The jury found defendant guilty of murdering Berge, and not...

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