Legal Opinion
State v. Peterson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1981No. 80-1892PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShirley S. Abrahamson, J.
This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the circuit court for Dane county, Angela B. Bartell, circuit judge. The issue posed is the propriety of the circuit court’s sua sponte amendment of the pleadings to conform to the evidence presented. After the presentation of evidence the circuit court, upon its own motion, amended the complaint to charge violation of a traffic statute different from that originally charged and then found the defendant guilty of the amended charge. We conclude that while the circuit court was correct in holding that it had the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- City of Madison v. GeierWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
- Vargas v. McNamaraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- James C. Ellis and Wanda Lou Ellis, His Wife v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by46 opinions
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