Legal Opinion
Roberts v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 1969No. State 25, 26PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHallows, C. J.
It is not and cannot be seriously contended that Roberts did not shoot and kill Mrs. Elfriede Howe with a 12-gauge shotgun about three o’clock a. m. on March 11, 1967, in her home in Columbus, Wisconsin. Roberts was an acquaintance of Mrs. Howe, the mother of two children whose husband was in Vietnam. Early in the evening of March 10th Mrs. Howe and her friend Mrs. Kath visited several taverns in and around Columbus. In these taverns they saw and talked to Roberts. On the previous day Roberts had borrowed Mrs. Howe’s automobile and at one tavern an argument arose between them concerning the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by37 opinions
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