Legal Opinion
Muench v. Israel
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 21, 1981No. 80-C-619PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WARREN, District Judge.
Petitioner, Robert Muench, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus. He contends he was denied due process of law and the right to present a defense in his trial for the first degree murder of Douglas (Hippie) Bertilson. On December 2, 1971, a jury found the petitioner guilty of the first degree murder of Hippie Bertilson. Judge Robert Pfiffner sentenced the petitioner to life imprisonment.
Petitioner raises essentially two grounds for relief in his petition. First, he asserts that the trial judge erred by excluding the proffered testimony of a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Archie W. BrawnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Robert Muench v. Thomas Israel and Attorney General of Wisconsin, Richard Worthing v. Thomas R. IsraelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Sills v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. HolcombCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
- Muench v. IsraelDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1981
- Robert Muench v. Thomas Israel and Attorney General of Wisconsin, Richard Worthing v. Thomas R. IsraelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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