Legal Opinion
State v. Lenarchick
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided November 30, 1976No. 75-364-CRPublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHeffernan, J.
The defendant, Joseph Robert Lenarchick, after a jury trial, was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Post-conviction motions were denied.
The defendant was charged with the murder of Ivory Williams at a public park in the City of Milwaukee known as the alternate site.
Allegedly, Williams had at some previous time “raped” Lenarchick’s wife. There was evidence that Lenarchick was going to get Williams. There was also proof that, at the time of the killing, Lenarchick was at the scene and had in his possession a bayonet which allegedly was the instrument that…
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