Pruitt v. State

16 Wis.2d 169 (1962)

PRUITT, Plaintiff in error,

v.

STATE, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 9, 1962.

March 9, 1962.

For the plaintiff in error there was a brief by Wilkie, Anderson, Bylsma & Eisenberg of Madison, and oral argument by Donald S. Eisenberg.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by William A. Platz, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief were John W. Reynolds, attorney general, William D. Byrne, district attorney of Dane county, and William F. Lorenz, Jr., deputy district attorney.

HALLOWS, J.

The question is: Can a person convicted of a…