Legal Opinion

State v. Lechner

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 30, 1998No. 96-2830-CRPublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDonald W. Steinmetz, J.

¶ 1. This case presents three issues for review: 1(1) Whether the State violated the defendant's constitutional rights to be free from double jeopardy when the defendant pled no contest to and was sentenced for both second-degree reckless homicide and homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle where the defendant's criminal conduct resulted in the death of one person;(2) Whether the State violated the defendant's constitutional rights to be free from double jeopardy when the defendant pled no contest to and was sentenced for two counts of second-degree reckless endangerment arising out of one…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Jeffers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. State v. GallionWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Randy J. Lechner v. Matthew J. Frank, SecretaryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  3. State v. TiepelmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 2006
  4. State v. DerangoWisconsin Supreme Court · 2000
  5. State v. DavisonWisconsin Supreme Court · 2003

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