Barrera v. State

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals reversing a circuit court judgment convicting Reyes Barrera, Jr., of party to the crime of first-degree murder and armed robbery, contrary to secs. 940.01, 943.32(2) and 939.05, Stats. After the jury trial the defendant was ordered committed to a term of life imprisonment on the murder charge and a consecutive sentence not to exceed 20 years for the armed robbery.

This action arose out of an armed robbery at the Park Avenue Liquor Store in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, on October 15, 1976. The owner of the liquor store, Mrs. Janis Bussie, was…