Legal Opinion
State v. Pruitt
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided January 16, 1980No. 79-055-CRPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBode, J.
Defendant Richard Lee Pruitt was found guilty by a jury of the first-degree murder of Christine Berg. On appeal, he challenges: (1) the constitutionality of the jury selection process in Sheboygan County, (2) the order of the trial court requiring the defense to make available to the State the report of a defense retained psychiatrist, (3) the refusal of the trial court to give the defendant’s proposed instructions on first- and second-degree murder, expert testimony, and the defendant’s theory of the case, and (4) the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.
The defendant and…
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