Briggs v. State

The defendant raises several issues dealing with probable cause for the arrest, motions to suppress evidence, change of venue, admissibility of evidence, jury argument of the prosecutor, instructions to the jury, and the length of the sentence.

Joseph Milquette owned and operated the Wagon Wheel tavern near the city of Green Bay. The front part of the premises was the tavern and the remainder was the living quarters of the Milquette family.

Shortly before noon on October 4, 1974, Joseph Mil-quette and his son Douglas were in the kitchen. They heard someone enter the tavern and Joseph went into…