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STATE v. JONES

No. 80-215-CR.

98 Wis.2d 679 (1980)

298 N.W.2d 100

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Samuel R. JONES, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant there was a brief by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Kirbie Knutson, assistant attorney general.

For the defendant-respondent there was a brief by Hanson & Gasiorkiewicz of Racine.

Before Voss, P.J., Brown and Scott, J.J.

BROWN, J.

The issue is whether one may be convicted of harboring or aiding a person suspected of having committed a felony even though the named principal has not yet been convicted. The trial court ruled in the negative, and the state claims error. The error is conceded by the defendant. We reverse the trial court.

Samuel R. Jones, a police officer, is charged with helping a man accused of bank robbery. It is alleged that, while on duty, Jones helped the...

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