Legal Opinion
State v. Schulz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1981No. 79-942-CRPublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeilfuss, C. J.
This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals which affirmed the judgment of conviction of the circuit court for Dane county: MICHAEL B. TORPHY, JR., Circuit Judge.
Gerald A. Schulz (defendant) was convicted of the crime of first-degree murder in violation of sec. 940.01, Stats. The issue in this review is the constitutional validity of the jury instructions given by the trial judge on the defense of voluntary intoxication.
On June 19, 1978, the defendant was charged with the June 3rd murder of Randall S. Quandt. A trial to a jury was conducted in December of that year.
At the trial the…
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