Legal Opinion
Hammill v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided May 30, 1979No. 77-052-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeilfuss, C. J.
The sole issue before us is whether the trial court abused its discretion during the voir dire examination of one of the jurors.
After a two-day jury trial, Jerold T. Hammill was found guilty of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and rape in violation of secs. 940.01, 939.62 and 944.01, Stats., for the unprovoked and brutal attack on a young couple during the early morning hours of July 4, 1975 in an isolated part of Goose Island Park in Vernon County. The defendant entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. The second phase of the…
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- Holt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by28 opinions
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