STATE v. COPENING

No. 79-246-CR.

103 Wis.2d 564 (1981)

309 N.W.2d 850

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Roy W. COPENING, a/k/a Amos Wade, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of Richard L. Cates, state public defender, and William J. Tyroler, assistant state public defender.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Jerome S. Schmidt, assistant attorney general.

Before Decker, C.J., Voss, P.J., and Brown, J.


BROWN, J.

Roy Copening was convicted of conspiracy to commit theft by fraud, contrary to secs. 943.20 (1) (d) and (3) (b) and 939.31, Stats. Upon this appeal,1 Copening raises numerous challenges to the validity of the criminal complaint and information. Because we conclude Copening's arguments are uncompelling, we affirm the judgment of conviction.

A criminal complaint filed on March 15, 1978 alleged the following facts. On March...

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