State Ex Rel. Funmaker v. Klamm

This is a review of a decision by the court of appeals denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner, Glenn Adam Funmaker, is charged with causing injury by conduct regardless of life in violation of sec. 940.23, Stats. 1979-80. He sought a writ of habeas corpus in the court of appeals to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence introduced at the preliminary examination.

The victim of the crime, Stephen Dotson, testified at the preliminary examination that on July 29, 1980, he was in the Beer Garden Tavern, located at North 38th and West Vliet Street in Milwaukee. At about 8…