State v. Wuensch

The sole issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion in reducing the sentence.

The underlying facts are as follows: About midnight of August 20, 1973, the defendant in error, Thomas Walter Wuenseh, was playing pool with Richard J. Lyons at a bar in La Crosse. Wuenseh, without provocation, hit Lyons on the head with a pool cue when Lyons refused to bet on a game of pool. The blow to Lyons’ head caused a depressed skull fracture necessitating surgery and several weeks’ hospitalization. Several bone fragments of Lyons’ skull had to be removed, and as of October 16, 1973, the date of…