Legal Opinion
State v. Klimas
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided December 20, 1979No. 78-553-CRPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBablitch, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for Rock County, entered on August 17, 1978, denying a motion for postconviction relief under sec. 974.06, Stats.
Alvin Klimas (defendant) was convicted of second-degree murder after a jury trial on June 8, 1974, for killing his wife, Janice Klimas. He was sentenced to an indeterminate term of not less than five nor more than twenty years of imprisonment. On a direct appeal preceding the present appeal, the defendant challenged only the terms of his sentence. The sentence was affirmed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Klimas v. State, 75…
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