Legal Opinion
State v. Dalton
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided September 16, 1980No. 80-270-CRPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDecker, C.J.
Lawrence Dalton lured Blanche Penna to Dalton’s residence where he handcuffed and gagged her, had forcible sexual intercourse with her and then killed her. Dalton was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping by deceit, and first-degree sexual assault. He appeals. We affirm.
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
Dalton contends that he was erroneously convicted of first-degree murder because he did not have the intent to kill his victim. Dalton attributes the allegedly erroneous conviction to the trial court’s exclusion of psychiatric testimony that Dalton did not have the specific intent to kill at the time…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- State v. HoltSupreme Court of Kansas · 1977
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3Cited by22 opinions
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