State v. Reed

LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR., J.

¶ 1. Brent Reed seeks review of a published court of appeals' decision that affirmed a circuit court's non-final order denying his motion to dismiss an obstructing an officer charge.1 State v. Reed, 2004 WI App 98, 273 Wis. 2d 661, 681 N.W.2d 568. The obstructing charge accompanies an operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated charge and stems from Reed's falsely telling a police officer that another individual was operating the vehicle. The court of appeals concluded that the "exculpatory denial" exception to the obstructing statute set forth in State v. Espinoza,…