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STATE v. SUGDEN

No. 86-0638-CR.

143 Wis.2d 728 (1988)

422 N.W.2d 624

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent and Cross-Petitioner, v. Richard Dean SUGDEN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent and cross-petitioner the cause was argued by Barry M. Levenson, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief by Michael J. Bauer and Hopp, Hodson, Powell & Raftery, Sheboygan and oral argument by Michael J. Bauer.

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a review of the part of the decision1 of the court of appeals which reversed a judgment of the circuit court for Sheboygan county, John Bolgert, circuit judge, convicting Richard Dean Sugden, Jr. (Sugden), of escape, contrary to sec. 946.42(3)(a), Stats. We reverse the decision of the court of appeals.

The issue presented here is whether the word, "custody," as used in the escape statute pertains...

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