Cheney v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*460Wilkie, J.
On this writ of error, the defendant raises four issues:
1. Was it an abuse of discretion to admit evidence of alleged acts of subsequent misconduct by the defendant without affording the defendant notice prior to trial?
2. Were the instructions of the trial court with reference to the testimony of an accomplice erroneous?
3. Was it an abuse of discretion to impose the maximum sentence (fifteen years) on the defendant who was a first offender ?
4. Was the imposition of the maximum sentence with no credit for time served prior to the imposition of the sentence (forty-nine days) a denial…
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