State v. Smith

Pervan Zeb Smith appeals from a May 4, 1984 order denying a postconviction motion which the supreme court ordered the trial court to hear in State v. Smith, 113 Wis. 2d 497, 335 N.W.2d 376 (1983). Smith raises six claims of error: (1) a new trial should be granted based on newly discovered evidence generated by another criminal case; (2) the trial court erred in denying Smith’s Miranda-Goodchild motion; (3) the trial court erred in denying motions to dismiss for an illegal arrest and to suppress evidence as tainted fruit of the arrest; (4) the trial court erred by instructing the jury that a…