HARMS v. STATE


36 Wis.2d 282 (1967)

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there were briefs and oral argument by Thomas T. George 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, William A. Platz, assistant attorney general, and Walter J. Swietlik, district attorney of Ozaukee county.


HANSEN, J.

The defendant raises several issues. One is, that for purposes of appeal, a crime, which is clearly defined by statute as a misdemeanor, somehow changes its status when the provisions of the repeater statute are invoked by the trial court at the time of sentencing.

In Pruitt v. State (1962), 16 Wis.2d 169, 172, 114 N.W.2d 148, this court considered the nature...

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