State v. Bronston

The controlling questions on this appeal are:(1) Does the evidence support the conviction of the defendant for aggravated battery under sec. 940.22, Stats. ?(2) Was the confession with respect to the attempted robbery testimonially untrustworthy?(3) Was there a denial of due process which invalidated such confession?

Aggravated Battery.

Aggravated battery was introduced into the criminal law of this state as an offense by the new Criminal Code adopted by the 1955 legislature. The most nearly comparable offense *632under the prior criminal statutes of the state was assault with intent to do great…