STATE v. FRANCIS

No. 2004AP1360-CR.

285 Wis.2d 451 (2005)

2005 WI App 161

701 N.W.2d 632

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jennifer E. FRANCIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Hans P. Koesser of Koesser Law Offices, S.C. of Kenosha.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Peggy A. Lautenschlager, attorney general, and Sally L. Wellman, assistant attorney general.

Before Brown, Nettesheim and Snyder, JJ.


¶ 1. BROWN, J.

Jennifer E. Francis appeals from a judgment of conviction and an order denying her motion for postconviction relief. The basis for the conviction arose out of an attempt to commit "suicide by cop" by taking hostages at a Kenosha tavern. Francis initially entered joined pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, i.e., insanity. She later accepted a plea bargain in which...

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