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BUTLER v. BURKE

No. 65-C-29.

250 F.Supp. 178 (1965)

Robert L. BUTLER, Petitioner, v. John C. BURKE, Warden, Wisconsin State Prison, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Wisconsin.

July 12, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Eisenberg, Anderson, Bylsma & Eisenberg, Madison, Wis., for petitioner.

William A. Platz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for respondent.

TEHAN, Chief Judge.

This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus by an inmate of the Wisconsin State Prison. Petitioner is in custody by virtue of a commitment to the State Department of Public Welfare for treatment under provisions of § 959.15(6) of the Wisconsin Statutes (known as the Wisconsin Sexual Deviate Act) following his conviction in the County Court of Walworth County, Wisconsin, Honorable Erwin C. Zastrow Presiding, on August 13, 1962, on a plea of...

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