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STATE v. TRENTADUE

No. 92-3021-CR.

180 Wis.2d 670 (1993)

510 N.W.2d 727

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Mark V. TRENTADUE, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Gerald P. Boyle, of counsel, of Milwaukee.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of E. Michael McCann, district attorney, and Benbow P. Cheesman, Jr., assistant district attorney, of counsel, of Milwaukee.

Before Sullivan, Fine and Schudson, JJ.

SCHUDSON, J.

The issue in this case is whether a police officer has an absolute right to point a gun at anyone, at anytime, for any or no reason despite section 941.20(1)(c), Stats., which prohibits "[i]ntentionally point[ing] a firearm at or toward another." We reject the defendant's argument that, as a matter of law, a police officer can never violate this statute, and we affirm.

On March 24, 1991, Mark Trentadue was arrested for endangering safety by use...

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