Legal Opinion

State v. Sawyer

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided February 3, 1953PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCurrie, J.

Counsel for the appellant Sawyer raise the following four issues on this appeal:(1) The indictment is fatally defective in failing to cite the statute alleged to have been violated by Sawyer.(2) Sawyer was denied a speedy trial as required by the Wisconsin constitution.(3) The trial court erred in concluding that the testimony and evidence sustained a verdict of guilty.(4) The trial court erred in refusing to set aside the verdict after determining that the prosecutor’s written notes of his final argument to the jury inadvertently were taken into the jury room and were there during the jury’s…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. McCreaMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
  2. La Valley v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
  3. State v. CotterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1952
  4. State v. KrauseWisconsin Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Surma v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1952

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. United States v. Jack A. LustmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
  2. State v. TewWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus for Walter J. Sawyer. Walter J. Sawyer v. Max A. Barczak, Sheriff of Milwaukee CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
  4. May v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Kopacka v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1964

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