939.641
939.641
Penalty; concealing identity. If a person commits a crime while his or her usual appearance has been concealed, disguised or altered, with intent to make it less likely that he or she will be identified with the crime, the penalties may be increased as follows:
939.641(1)
(1) In case of a misdemeanor, the maximum fine prescribed by law for the crime may be increased by not more than $10,000 and the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by law for the crime may be increased so that the revised maximum term of imprisonment is one year in the county jail.
939.641(2)
(2) In case of a felony, the maximum fine prescribed by law for the crime may be increased by not more than $10,000 and the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by law for the crime may be increased by not more than 5 years.
939.641 History
History: 1977 c. 173;
1985 a. 104 s.
2.
939.645
939.645
Penalty; crimes committed against certain people or property. 939.645(1)(1) If a person does all of the following, the penalties for the underlying crime are increased as provided in
sub. (2):
939.645(1)(b)
(b) Intentionally selects the person against whom the crime under
par. (a) is committed or selects the property that is damaged or otherwise affected by the crime under
par. (a) in whole or in part because of the actor's belief or perception regarding the race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry of that person or the owner or occupant of that property, whether or not the actor's belief or perception was correct.
939.645(2)(a)(a) If the crime committed under
sub. (1) is ordinarily a misdemeanor other than a Class A misdemeanor, the revised maximum fine is $10,000 and the revised maximum period of imprisonment is one year in the county jail.
939.645(2)(b)
(b) If the crime committed under
sub. (1) is ordinarily a Class A misdemeanor, the penalty increase under this section changes the status of the crime to a felony and the revised maximum fine is $10,000 and the revised maximum period of imprisonment is 2 years.
939.645(2)(c)
(c) If the crime committed under
sub. (1) is a felony, the maximum fine prescribed by law for the crime may be increased by not more than $5,000 and the maximum period of imprisonment prescribed by law for the crime may be increased by not more than 5 years.
939.645(3)
(3) This section provides for the enhancement of the penalties applicable for the underlying crime. The court shall direct that the trier of fact find a special verdict as to all of the issues specified in
sub. (1).
939.645(4)
(4) This section does not apply to any crime if proof of race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry or proof of any person's perception or belief regarding another's race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry is required for a conviction for that crime.
939.645 History
History: 1987 a. 348;
1991 a. 291.
939.645 Annotation
"Hate crimes" law, 939.645, does not unconstitutionally infringe upon free speech. State v. Mitchell,
508 U.S. 476, 124 LEd 2d 436 (1993), 178 W (2d) 597, 504 NW (2d) 610 (1993).
939.645 Annotation
Hate Crimes: New Limits on the Scope of the 1st Amendment. Resler. 77 MLR 415 (1993).
939.645 Annotation
Talking about Hate Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of American and Canadian Regulation of Hate Speech. Moran. 1994 WLR 1425.
939.645 Annotation
Hate Crimes. Kassel. Wis. Law. Oct. 1992.
939.646
939.646
Penalty; crimes committed using information obtained from the sex offender registry. If a person commits a crime using information that was disclosed to him or her under
s. 301.46, the penalties may be increased as follows:
939.646(1)
(1) In case of a misdemeanor, the maximum fine prescribed by law for the crime may be increased by not more than $1,000 and the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by law for the crime may be increased by not more than 6 months. This subsection does not change the status of the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony.
939.646(2)
(2) In case of a felony, the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed by law for the crime may be increased by not more than 5 years.
939.646 History
History: 1995 a. 440.
939.647
939.647
Increased penalty; violent felony committed against elder person. 939.647(1)(a)
(a) "Elder person" means any individual who is 62 years of age or older.
939.647(2)
(2) If a person commits a violent felony and the victim of the violent felony is an elder person, the maximum period of imprisonment is increased by 5 years.
939.647(3)
(3) Subsection (2) applies even if the person mistakenly believed that the victim had not attained the age of 62 years.
939.647(4)
(4) This section provides for the enhancement of the penalties applicable for the underlying crime. The court shall direct that the trier of fact find a special verdict as to all of the issues specified in
sub. (2).
939.647 History
History: 1997 a. 266.
939.648
939.648
Penalty; terrorism. 939.648(1)(1) In this section, "governmental unit" means the United States; the state; any county, city, village or town; or any political subdivision, department, division, board or agency of the United States, the state or any county, city, village or town.
939.648(2)
(2) If a person does all of the following, the penalties for the underlying felony are increased as provided in
sub. (3):
939.648(2)(b)
(b) Commits the felony under any of the following circumstances:
939.648(2)(b)1.
1. The person causes bodily harm, great bodily harm or death to another.
939.648(2)(b)2.
2. The person causes damage to the property of another and the total property damaged is reduced in value by $25,000 or more. For the purposes of this subdivision, property is reduced in value by the amount that it would cost either to repair or replace it, whichever is less.
939.648(2)(b)3.
3. The person uses force or violence or the threat of force or violence.
939.648(2)(c)
(c) Commits the felony with the intent to influence the policy of a governmental unit or to punish a governmental unit for a prior policy decision.
939.648(3)
(3) The maximum fine prescribed by law for the felony may be increased by not more than $50,000 and the maximum period of imprisonment prescribed by law for the felony may be increased by not more than 10 years.
939.648(4)
(4) This section provides for the enhancement of the penalties applicable for the underlying felony. The court shall direct that the trier of fact find a special verdict as to all of the issues specified in
sub. (2).
939.648(5)(a)(a) In this subsection, "labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning terms, tenure or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employe.
939.648(5)(b)
(b) This section does not apply to conduct arising out of or in connection with a labor dispute.
939.648 History
History: 1993 a. 98.
RIGHTS OF THE PROSECUTION.
939.65
939.65
Prosecution under more than one section permitted. Except as provided in
s. 948.025 (3), if an act forms the basis for a crime punishable under more than one statutory provision, prosecution may proceed under any or all such provisions.
939.65 History
History: 1993 a. 227.
939.65 Annotation
See note to Art. I, sec. 8, citing Harris v. State, 78 W (2d) 357, 254 NW (2d) 291.
939.66
939.66
Conviction of included crime permitted. Upon prosecution for a crime, the actor may be convicted of either the crime charged or an included crime, but not both. An included crime may be any of the following:
939.66(1)
(1) A crime which does not require proof of any fact in addition to those which must be proved for the crime charged.
939.66(2)
(2) A crime which is a less serious type of criminal homicide than the one charged.
939.66(2m)
(2m) A crime which is a less serious or equally serious type of battery than the one charged.
939.66(2r)
(2r) A crime which is a less serious type of violation under
s. 943.23 than the one charged.
939.66(3)
(3) A crime which is the same as the crime charged except that it requires recklessness or negligence while the crime charged requires a criminal intent.
939.66(4)
(4) An attempt in violation of
s. 939.32 to commit the crime charged.
939.66(4m)
(4m) A crime of failure to timely pay child support under
s. 948.22 (3) when the crime charged is failure to pay child support for more than 120 days under
s. 948.22 (2).
939.66(5)
(5) The crime of attempted battery when the crime charged is sexual assault, sexual assault of a child, robbery, mayhem or aggravated battery or an attempt to commit any of them.
939.66(6c)
(6c) A crime that is a less serious type of violation under
s. 940.285 than the one charged.
939.66(6e)
(6e) A crime that is a less serious type of violation under
s. 940.295 than the one charged.
939.66 Annotation
Controlling principles as to when a lesser included offense charge should be given discussed. State v. Melvin, 49 W (2d) 246, 181 NW (2d) 490.
939.66 Annotation
Attempted battery can only be an included crime as to the specific offenses listed. State v. Melvin, 49 W (2d) 246, 181 NW (2d) 490.
939.66 Annotation
A charge of possession of a pistol by a minor is not an included crime in a charge of attempted first degree murder because it includes the element of minority which the greater crime does not. State v. Melvin, 49 W (2d) 246, 181 NW (2d) 490.
939.66 Annotation
Disorderly conduct is not a lesser included offense on a charge of criminal damage to property. State v. Chacon, 50 W (2d) 73, 183 NW (2d) 84.
939.66 Annotation
While attempted aggravated battery is not an included crime of aggravated battery under (1), it is under (4). The reduced charge does not put defendant in double jeopardy. Dunn v. State, 55 W (2d) 192, 197 NW (2d) 749.
939.66 Annotation
Under sub. (1) the emphasis is on the proof, not the pleading, and the "stricken word test" stated in Eastway v. State, 189 W 56, is not incorporated in the statute. Martin v. State, 57 W (2d) 499, 204 NW (2d) 499.
939.66 Annotation
Section 947.015 is not an included crime in 941.30. State v. Van Ark, 62 W (2d) 155, 215 NW (2d) 41.
939.66 Annotation
Where the evidence overwhelmingly reveals that the shooting was intentional, failure to include 940.06 and 940.08 as lesser included offenses not error. Hayzes v. State, 64 W (2d) 189, 218 NW (2d) 717.
939.66 Annotation
In order to justify the submission of an instruction on a lesser degree of homicide than that with which defendant is charged there must be a reasonable basis in the evidence for acquittal on the greater charge and for conviction on the lesser charge. A defendant charged with 1st-degree murder is not entitled to an instruction as to 3rd-degree murder unless the evidence reasonably viewed could lead to acquittal on both 1st- and 2nd-degree murder. Harris v. State, 68 W (2d) 436, 228 NW (2d) 645.
939.66 Annotation
For one crime to be included in another, it must be utterly impossible to commit greater crime without committing lesser. Randolph v. State, 83 W (2d) 630, 266 NW (2d) 334 (1978).
939.66 Annotation
Test under (1) concerns legal, statutorily defined elements of the crime, not peculiar facts of case. State v. Verhasselt, 83 W (2d) 647, 266 NW (2d) 342 (1978).
939.66 Annotation
Trial court erred in denying defendant's request for submission of verdict of endangering safety by conduct regardless of life as lesser included offense of attempted murder. Hawthorne v. State, 99 W (2d) 673, 299 NW (2d) 866 (1981).
939.66 Annotation
See note to Art. I, sec. 8, citing State v. Gordon, 111 W (2d) 133, 330 NW (2d) 564 (1983).
939.66 Annotation
Where defendant charged with 2nd degree murder denied firing fatal shot, manslaughter instruction was properly denied. State v. Sarabia, 118 W (2d) 655, 348 NW (2d) 527 (1984).
939.66 Annotation
See note to 940.19, citing State v. Richards, 123 W (2d) 1, 365 NW (2d) 7 (1985).
939.66 Annotation
See note to Art. I, sec. 8, citing State v. Stevens, 123 W (2d) 303, 367 NW (2d) 788 (1985).
939.66 Annotation
Crime of reckless use of weapons under s. 941.20 (1) (a), 1983 stats., is not lesser included offense of crime of endangering safety by conduct regardless of life while armed under ss. 939.63 (1) (a) 3. and 941.30, 1983 stats. State v. Carrington, 134 W (2d) 260, 397 NW (2d) 484 (1986).
939.66 Annotation
Court must instruct jury on properly requested lesser offense even though statute of limitations bars court from entering conviction on lesser offense. State v. Muentner, 138 W (2d) 374, 406 NW (2d) 415 (1987).
939.66 Annotation
See note to 808.09, citing State v. Myers, 158 W (2d) 356, 461 NW (2d) 777 (1990).
939.66 Annotation
Convictions for both first-degree murder and burglary/battery are permissible. State v. Kuntz, 160 W (2d) 722, 467 NW (2d) 531 (1991).
939.66 Annotation
Evidence at trial may suggest to the state that an instruction on a lesser included offense is appropriate; it is unreasonable for a defendant to assume at the outset of trial that evidence may not affect the state's prosecuting position. State v. Fleming, 181 W (2d) 546, 510 NW (2d) 837 (Ct. App. 1993).
939.66 Annotation
This section does not bar multiple convictions when the homicides are "equally serious". Two Class C felonies with the same maximum penalty were equally serious although one carried additional sanctions of driver license revocation and an additional penalty assessment which the other did not. State v. Lechner, 217 W (2d) 392, 576 NW (2d) 912 (1998).
939.66 Annotation
Misdemeanor battery is an included crime of felony battery, but they are not the same offense. Acquittal on felony battery charges does not prevent subsequent prosecution for misdemeanor battery. State v. Vassos, 218 W (2d) 330, 579 NW (2d) 35 (1998).
939.66 Annotation
Multiple Punishment in Wisconsin and the Wolske Decision: Is It Desirable to Permit Two Homicide Convictions for Causing a Single Death? 1990 WLR 553.
939.66 Annotation
See also notes to Art. I, sec. 8, Double Jeopardy.
