State v. Lapean

On appeal defendant claims that it was error for the court to deny his plea of double jeopardy and to receive in evidence the written confession of defendant made September 10, 1943. It is also claimed that the verdict was contrary to the credible evidence of the alibi defense offered by the defendant, and that remarks made by special counsel in his argument to the jury were prejudicial.

On March 27, 1944, the first day of the trial, defendant entered a written plea of former jeopardy, setting forth that theretofore, on the 20th day of September, 1943, in the circuit court for Eau Claire…