State Ex Rel. Huser v. Rasmussen

The petitioner-appellant, Joseph J. Huser (hereinafter defendant), was charged in a criminal complaint with five counts, later reduced to four counts, of delivering a controlled substance, cocaine, in violation of secs. 161.41(1) (b) and 161.16(4), Stats. A preliminary examination was held in the county court of Green Lake county, DAVID C. WILLIS, County Judge, presiding; and the defendant was bound over for trial.

The defendant petitioned the circuit court for Green Lake county for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing (1) that insufficient evidence was adduced at the preliminary examination to…