Case Name: Harmon, Plaintiff in error, v. State, Defendant in error
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Decision Date: 1973-06-05
Citations: 58 Wis. 2d 739
Docket Number: No. State 73
Parties: Harmon, Plaintiff in error, v. State, Defendant in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wisconsin Reports Second
Volume: 58
Pages: 739–740

Head Matter:
Harmon, Plaintiff in error, v. State, Defendant in error.
No. State 73.
Submitted May 3, 1973.
Decided June 5, 1973.
(Also reported in 207 N. W. 2d 672.)
For the plaintiff in error the cause was submitted on the brief of Mark M. Camp of Wauwatosa.
For the defendant in error the cause was submitted on the brief of Robert W. Warren, attorney general, and Michael R. Klos, assistant attorney general.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
After a review of the record presented in this attempted murder prosecution, the court concludes the evidence is sufficient to sustain the conviction. The multiple stab wounds inflicted upon the victim by the defendant while stating his intent to kill her, clearly establishes a completed act of attempted first-degree murder. See: State v. Damms (1960), 9 Wis. 2d 183, 100 N. W. 2d 592; Huebner v. State (1967), 33 Wis. 2d 505, 147 N. W. 2d 646.
The defendant did not abandon his efforts to kill the victim. Rather, the crime was unsuccessful due to circumstances over which defendant had no control. See Adams v. State (1973), 57 Wis. 2d 515, 204 N. W. 2d 657.
The judgment is affirmed.