Legal Opinion
State v. Hebard
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 5, 1971No. State 71PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRobert W. Hansen, J.
What is challenged here is the separation of a criminal trial into two phases, the first as to guilt, the second as to insanity, with evidence as to the mental condition of the defendant admitted only on the issue of insanity. Such sequential consideration of issues and evidence is claimed to be constitutionally infirm, as applied to the defendant here and on its face.
The Wisconsin experience.
Where a defendant in a criminal case pleads not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, the separate consideration of issues raised as to guilt and as to insanity is not a recent development in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Leland v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Lock v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Steele v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
- Sanchez v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
- Jeffrey Ames Hughes v. James Mathews, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Brian L. Haas v. Gordon Abrahamson, Superintendent of the Dodge Correctional InstituteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- State v. SarinskeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1979
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