Spinella v. State

Spinella was arrested on February 6, 1974. The police report received and filed at the time he entered his plea of guilty states that at the time of his arrest he was driving a car with a license plate on it not registered to the car. The car had been stolen four months previously in Milwaukee. The ignition lock had been removed and the car had to be “hot-wired” with a screw driver to start it. He pleaded guilty on June 17, 1974. Between the time of his arrest and the entry of his plea of guilty he made eleven court appearances. The first lawyer to represent him was permitted to withdraw…