Court Laws Misdemeanor Wisconsin 
JURIST
MAY 21, 2022
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin Friday unanimously ruled on the issue of individuals allowed to possess a license to carry a concealed weapon (CCW license) in the state, in effect broadening the eligibility. ” The case has been remanded to the circuit court.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 25, 2022
There is a controversy at the University of Wisconsin this week after the Dane County District Attorney’s Office in Wisconsin filed misdemeanor battery charges against three teens suspected in the brutal assault of a UW-Madison Chinese PhD student. The reason, however, appears a key distinction in the Wisconsin criminal code.
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JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
I recently wrote a column stating that the sixth count appeared to be based on a factually and legally inapplicable provision of Wisconsin law. This is the loss of the least serious charge, but prosecutors lost more than just a misdemeanor conviction in the decision. An opening statement is like an oral contract with the jury.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Wisconsin Gun Laws. They had planned to engage in a lawful transfer of gun ownership when Rittenhouse turned 18, according to the Washington Post. Wisconsin state law clearly states that lawful gun owners can “generally open carry without a permit” as long as the person wielding the “dangerous weapon” is 18 or older.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 25, 2022
This year’s rich harvest brings the total number of criminal record reforms enacted in the past three years to over 400 separate laws,” the report said, celebrating what it said was a bipartisan commitment to end “unwarranted discrimination” against the formerly incarcerated. not disenfranchising at all).
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 11, 2021
A groundbreaking study by the Rand Corporation and the University of Pennsylvania Law School makes this point. This isn’t the tail wagging the dog; this tail has swallowed the dog. I’ve spent nearly 50 years defending criminal cases, and I don’t expect an Armistice to be declared any time soon. Heaton was a co-author of the Rand/Penn study.).
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