Case Name: Brown, Plaintiff in error, v. State, Defendant in error
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Decision Date: 1976-06-30
Citations: 73 Wis. 2d 351
Docket Number: No. 75-123-CR
Parties: Brown, Plaintiff in error, v. State, Defendant in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wisconsin Reports Second
Volume: 73
Pages: 351–351

Head Matter:
Brown, Plaintiff in error, v. State, Defendant in error.
No. 75-123-CR.
Argued June 1, 1976.
Decided June 30, 1976.
(Also reported in 243 N. W. 2d 519.)
For the plaintiff in error there were briefs by Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender, and Robert J. Paul, assistant state public defender, and oral argument by Mr. Paid.
For the defendant in error the cause was argued by William L. Gansner, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.
Motion for rehearing denied, without costs, on October 19, 1976.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The court is equally divided on the question of whether the judgment and order should be affirmed or reversed. Mr. Chief Justice Bruce F. Beilfuss, Mr. Justice Nathan S. Heffernan, and Mr. Justice Roland B. Day being of the opinion that the judgment and order should be reversed, and Mr. Justice Leo B. Hanley, Mr. Justice Connor T. Hansen, and Mr. Justice Robert W. Hansen being of the opinion that the judgment and order should be affirmed, the judgment and order appealed from are affirmed under the rule.
Judgment and order affirmed.