State v. Swinson

¶ 1. Jesse H. Swinson appeals from a trial court judgment convicting him of fifteen counts of theft by fraudulent misrepresentation contrary to Wis. Stat. § 943.20(1)(d) (1999-2000). He argues that the evidence presented at trial did not support the venue chosen; that the information charging him was multiplicitous; that his rights under the Equal Protection Clause have been violated as a result of the fact that, unlike defendants charged with drug crimes, he had no protection against being prosecuted in both federal and state court for the same acts; and that his trial counsel was…