State v. Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc.

An appellate court is not a performing bear, required to dance to each and every tune played on an appeal. Here appellant raises twenty-nine challenges to a judgment of conviction. However, we find the challenges to fit into five categories and will discuss each category. Any of the twenty-nine issues raised and not discussed in any of the five categories can be deemed to lack sufficient merit or importance to warrant individual attention.

I. CHALLENGES TO SUFFICIENCY OF INDICTMENT.

The indictment by the grand jury stated that “the offense charged and the acts stated were contrary to sec.…