La Fond v. State

The issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed error by amending the charge to one of contributing to the delinquency of a child in violation of sec. 947.15 (1) (a), Stats., after the evidence had been concluded, and thereupon finding the defendant guilty of said offense.

The defendant contends that the trial court found the defendant not guilty of the felony charge and that it was error to then amend the felony charge to a misdemeanor charge.

An examination of the record leads us to conclude that it does not support the position of the defendant. The trial occupied two days and at…