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STATE v. NERISON

No. 85-0951-CR.

136 Wis.2d 37 (1987)

401 N.W.2d 1

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. John NERISON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 19, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Daniel J. O'Brien, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief by Janet A. Jenkins and Bosshard and Associates, La Crosse, and oral argument by Janet A. Jenkins.

STEINMETZ, J.

The issue in this case is whether John Nerison, the defendant, was denied his right to a fair trial by virtue of inducements given by the state to his accomplices in exchange for their testimony implicating the defendant.

John Nerison (Nerison) is a wholesale cattle dealer in southwestern Wisconsin. In the years prior to Nerison's trial, several cattle thefts took place in southwestern Wisconsin. Eventually, Lyle Dank (Dank), Daniel Erickson...

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