State Ex Rel. La Follette v. Raskin

This original action concerns the effect of White on criminal actions which have not been finalized but have proceeded at least to the point of arraignment. The precise issue is whether the circuit court erred in granting an alleged criminal defendant’s motion to dismiss the proceedings against him for the reason that the arrest warrant was constitutionally defective under White when the motion was made for the first time only after the defendant had been arraigned, entered a plea, and had a jury trial which resulted in a mistrial.

In White an expectant mother signed a complaint declaring that…