STATE v. R.A.R.

No. 88-1008-CR.

148 Wis.2d 408 (1988)

435 N.W.2d 315

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

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, and Jerome S. Schmidt, assistant attorney general.

For the defendant-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of George K. Steil, Jr., and David A. Schumann, and Brennan, Steil, Basting & MacDougall, S.C., of Janesville.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Sundby, JJ.


GARTZKE, P.J.

The state appeals from an order dismissing a complaint and information charging R.A.R. with four criminal counts. The issue is whether the charging documents are sufficiently specific to enable R.A.R. to defend. We hold that they are not. We therefore affirm.

On August 18, 1987 R.A.R. was charged with three counts of violating sec. 940.225(1)(d), Stats., and one count of violating sec. 940.225(2)(e). The complaint alleged that the first and second...

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