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STATE v. JANSSEN

No. 97-1316-CR.

219 Wis.2d 362 (1998)

580 N.W.2d 260

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner, v. Matthew C. JANSSEN, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 25, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner the cause was argued by Vincent R. Biskupic, district attorney for Outagamie County, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, assistant attorney general.

For the defendant-respondent there were briefs by Eugene A. Bartman and Brian G. Figy, Office of the State Public Defender, Appleton, with oral argument by Eugene A. Bartman.

Amicus curiae was filed by Peter M. Koneazny, Carolyn M. Hagner and American Civil Liberties Union, Milwaukee for the American Civil Liberties Union.

¶ 1. JON P. WILCOX, J.

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress resolved "[t]hat the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." 8 Journal of the Continental Congress 1774-1789 at 464 (W. Ford ed. 1907). For the more than 220 years since that day, our "Stars and Stripes" has endured as one symbol that Americans may look to...

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