Hilber v. State

The sole issue presented on appeal is the constitutionality of sec. 54.03(1), Stats. 1975, which provides that youthful offender status cannot be granted to a person found guilty of a violation of law for which the maximum penalty provided is life imprisonment. The trial courts sustained the validity of the statute. We affirm the judgments and orders.

Defendant Jesse Ray Hilber was convicted of the first-degree murder of his father. Defendant James Mayes was convicted of the first-degree murder of the victim he was trying to rob. Each defendant was under the age of eighteen at the time he was…