Legal Opinion

Cheney v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 28, 1969No. State 59PublishedCited by 38 opinions

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…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Jencks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Palermo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. State v. SpreiglSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
  4. Whitty v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
  5. The People v. ColeIllinois Supreme Court · 1963

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. McCleary v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971
  2. State v. TewWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Hough v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
  4. Byrd v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Melby v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975

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