State v. Timothy L. Finley, Jr.

¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State v. Finley, 2015 WI App 79, 365 Wis. 2d 275, 872 N.W.2d 344. The court of appeals reversed a judgment and order of the Circuit Court for Brown County, William M. Atkinson, Judge, and remanded the cause to the circuit court with directions to permit the defendant, Timothy L. Finley, Jr., to withdraw his plea of no contest to first-degree recklessly endangering safety as domestic abuse.

¶ 2. The court of appeals ordered the remedy of plea withdrawal, relying on the remedy set forth in State v. Bangert, 131 Wis. 2d 246,…