Legal Opinion

Shiefel v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided March 6, 1923PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error to review a judgment of the circuit court for Grant county: S. E. Smalley, Circuit Judge. Murder. The plaintiff in error was charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of one Joseph Stake on the 9th of December, 1921. The facts were-largely undisputed. The plaintiff in error, John Shiefel, was a blacksmith and carpenter living at Highland, Iowa county, Wisconsin.

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Error to review a judgment of the circuit court for Grant county: S. E. Smalley, Circuit Judge. Murder. The plaintiff in error was charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of one Joseph Stake on the 9th of December, 1921. The facts were-largely undisputed. The plaintiff in error, John Shiefel, was a blacksmith and carpenter living at Highland, Iowa county, Wisconsin. Information was filed against his son, William Shiefel, on the same charge, and the two were tried together. John Shiefel was about fifty-five years of age and was married to a sister, of Joseph Stake. His son was…

1Opinion of the CourtCrown pi art, J.

The plaintiff in error claims that the testimony given by him at the inquest was inadmissible at the trial for the reasons that it was given while under duress and because he was not apprised of his constitutional right to sit mute. This court has held otherwise. Mack v. State, 48 Wis. 271, 4 N. W. 449; Dickerson v. State, 48 Wis. 288, 4 N. W. 321; State v. Glass. 50 Wis. 218, 6 N. W. *191500; Emery v. State, 101 Wis. 627, 78 N. W. 145; Anderson v. State, 133 Wis. 601, 114 N. W. 112; State v. Lloyd, 152 Wis. 24, 139 N. W. 514.

The plaintiff in error also assigns as error the admission of the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Emery v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Johnson v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  3. State v. LloydWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Dickerson v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
  5. Mack v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Zastrow v. SchaumburgerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1932
  4. Weber v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Cossette v. LeppWisconsin Supreme Court · 1968

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