HUGHES v. MATHEWS

No. 76-C-626.

440 F.Supp. 1272 (1977)

Jeffrey Ames HUGHES, Petitioner, v. James MATHEWS, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

September 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Post Conviction Defense Project by Charles B. Vetzner, Madison, Wis., for petitioner.

Bronson C. La Follette, Atty. Gen. by Pamela Magee-Heilprin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for respondent.


DECISION and ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

In this habeas corpus action, the petitioner challenges the constitutionality of the Wisconsin supreme court's ruling that a legally sane defendant charged with first degree murder may not introduce evidence of his diminished mental state at the time of the alleged criminal act to prove his incapacity to form a specific intent to kill. Hughes v. State, 68 Wis.2d 159...

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