State Ex Rel. Eastman v. Burke

On August 10, 1944, petitioner pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the circuit court for Forest county. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. In November, 1964, this court vacated his conviction and sentence and remanded him to the custody of the sheriff for further proceedings. 1

A preliminary examination was thereafter had. Petitioner was bound over to the circuit court, where he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

The judgment provided for a sentence of not less than fourteen years and not more than twenty-five years.

The trial court applied the provisions of sec. 958.06, Stats. A…