In Interest of CDM

C.D.M. appeals an order of the circuit court waiving its juvenile jurisdiction. The state accuses C.D.M. of causing bodily harm to an employee of Lincoln Hills School, contrary to sec. 940.20 (1), Stats. The statute provides that any prisoner confined to a prison or detention facility who commits a battery to an officer, employee, visitor or inmate of the institution is guilty of a Class D felony. C.D.M. argues that the charge should be dismissed because a delinquent confined to Lincoln Hills is not a prisoner in a prison or detention facility within the meaning of sec. 940.20(1). He also…