State v. Black

¶ 1. This case presents two questions. First, we must decide whether the circuit court conducted an appropriate "inquiry" under Wis. Stat. § 97l.08(l)(b)(l997-98)1 before accepting Tyren E. Black's (Black) no contest plea to a charge of felon in possession of a firearm. Wis. Stat. § 941.29(2). We con-*132elude that the circuit court did so. Second, we must determine whether the statement in the complaint — accepted by Black at the plea hearing — that he "stated that he handled the pistol" meets the elements of the crime of felon in possession of a firearm. We conclude that it does.

¶ 2. The State…