STATE v. VILLAMIL

No. 2015AP791-CR.

898 N.W.2d 482 (2017)

2017 WI 74

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Cross Petitioner, v. Ernesto E. Lazo VILLAMIL, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: July 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs by Michelle L. Velasquez and Civitas Law Group, Milwaukee, and an oral argument by Michelle L. Velasquez.

For the plaintiff-respondent-cross petitioner, there were briefs filed by Thomas J. Balistreri , assistant attorney general, and Brad D. Schimel , attorney general, and an oral argument by Thomas J. Balistreri.


¶ 1 This case examines issues that arise from statutory language that appears to make the offense of causing a death while knowingly operating a motor vehicle after revocation both a felony and a misdemeanor offense. Such an unusual scenario has generated both a petition and...

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