State v. Knoblock

One issue is presented on this appeal: Was it a denial of defendant’s right to due process of law under the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution and art. I, sec. 8, of the Wisconsin Constitution, to have the same judge preside at all stages of the criminal proceedings against him?

The defendant complains of the fact that Judge Keberle served in three separate capacities at different stages leading to his conviction of the burglary: First, when the criminal warrant was issued charging defendant with the burglary violation; second, when Judge Keberle presided at the preliminary…