State v. Baron

¶ 1. This case involves the application of Wisconsin's identity theft statute to a person who misappropriates the identity of a public official. The circuit court ruled that the identity theft statute, Wis. Stat. § 943.201(2)(c) (2005-06), 1 which in part prohibits the unauthorized use of a person's identity for the purpose of harming an individual's reputation, is unconstitutional as applied in the present case. The court reasoned that because the person whose identity Christopher Baron misappropriated was a public official, application of the identity theft statute violated Baron's First…