Legal Opinion
State of Wisconsin v. Kathleen Schaffer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 1977No. 76-2234 and 76-2235PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.
The appellant, Kathleen Schaffer, was charged with first degree murder of William Weber and was tried for this offense in the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
During the course of this trial Schaffer caused the circuit court to issue a subpoena duces tecum requiring William Mulligan, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, to produce certain documents, including the minutes of a federal grand jury relating to the Weber homicide. Having been served with the subpoena, the United States Attorney moved the circuit court to quash it as…
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