State v. Seymour

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State v. Seymour, 177 Wis. 2d 305, 502 N.W.2d 591 (Ct. App. 1993), which reversed a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county, Peter G. Pappas, Circuit Judge. A majority of the court of appeals (Dykman, J., dissenting) concluded that sec. 943.20(l)(b), Stats., should not be construed differently than sec. 943.20(l)(a).1 Rather, sec. 943.20(l)(b) should be read to include distinct offenses of theft by an employee, and not a mere means of committing a single offense. Consequently, the circuit court erred when it…