Legal Opinion
Upchurch v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 1974No. State 203PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHallows, C. J.
The issues concern Upchurch’s right to have a hearing before or during trial on the admissibility of an inculpatory statement and whether he waived that right during the trial.
The conviction arose out of an incident on May 30, 1972, in which an alleged drug dealer Robert Holleran and two other individuals were robbed at gunpoint in Holleran’s apartment on the lower east side of Milwaukee. Upchurch is alleged to have made a statement to the police officers after his arrest that he in the company of Marshall Noel and three other black men discussed committing the robbery, that he drove the car,…
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