Brown v. State

Three issues are presented in the review:

1. Was the information charging the defendant void?

2. Was the defendant denied equal protection of the law by being charged in a judicial, rather than an administrative, proceeding ?

3. Did the trial judge consider improper factors in sentencing?

Validity of information.

The information filed in this case alleged that the defendant:

“. . . on 5-8-74 did feloniously, while in the custody of the Wisconsin Correctional Camp System, community correctional center, located at 1211 N. 13th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which by statutory definition is a State…