State Ex Rel. La Follette v. Raskin

Alexander William Shoffner, Jr., was convicted of the crimes of armed robbery, arson, and burglary on his pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Those convictions were reversed by this court and the cause remanded for further proceedings. State v. Shoffner (1966), 31 Wis. (2d) 412, 143 N. W. (2d) 458. In that case for the third time 1 this court considered arguments for a modification of the legal test of insanity, but a majority of its members was unwilling to abandon the M’Naghten rule. However, it was decided by another majority of the court that the defendant on his…