Legal Opinion
Roe v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 1980No. 77-428-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
Richard J. Roe, Sr. (defendant) was found guilty after a bifurcated jury trial, 1 of the first-degree murder 2 of James Armbruster. He was found not to have had at the time of the shooting' a mental disease or defect so as to lack “substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or conform his conduct to the requirements of the law.” 3 He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
A motion for a new trial was filed by the office of the Public Defender on January 24, 1977. Writs of error were sought to review the judgment of conviction entered on April 26, 1976, the amended…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Grismore v. Consolidated Products Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1942
- State v. HarperWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. MendozaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. WyssWisconsin Supreme Court · 1985
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- State v. FeltonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. FaulknerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
- Brian L. Haas v. Gordon Abrahamson, Superintendent of the Dodge Correctional InstituteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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