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HAWKINS v. STATE

30 Wis.2d 264 (1966)

HAWKINS, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 1, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there was a brief by Murphy, Stolper & Desmond, and oral argument by Howard Goldberg, all of Madison.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by Betty R. Brown, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief were Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and William A. Platz, assistant attorney general.

CURRIE, C. J.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether defendant was placed in double jeopardy in violation of sec. 8, art. I, Wisconsin constitution,1 when he pleaded guilty a second time to the three Dane county charges.

Defendant contends that jeopardy attached when he initially pleaded guilty to the three Dane county counts, and this plea was accepted by the court. This is a correct interpretation of the law. The general rule...

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