State v. Nash

The defendant, Julius James Nash, appeals his conviction of first-degree murder, party to the crime, for his participation in the execution of Felix Winters. We affirm.

This case has a long and somewhat involved factual history. These facts are recited in Neely v. State, 86 Wis. 2d 304, 272 N.W.2d 381 (Ct. App. 1978), aff’d, 97 Wis. 2d 38, 292 N.W.2d 859 (1980), Haskins v. State, 97 Wis. 2d 408, 294 N.W.2d 25 (1980), and Nash v. Israel, 533 F. Supp. 1378 (E.D. Wis. 1982), aff’d, 707 F.2d 298 (7th Cir. 1983). Therefore, they will only be briefly summarized here.

Julius Nash originally pled…