State v. Lunz

The defendant was convicted following a trial to the court, Circuit Judge Milton L. Meister, presiding, for violating sec. 928.25(1), Stats., when, with intent to defraud, Lunz conveyed real property without informing the grantees of his knowledge that the property was encumbered. Motions to set aside the j udgment of conviction or alternatively for a new trial were brought on the defendant’s behalf before Reserve Circuit Judge John K. Callahan. The motions were denied.

The defendant, Michael R. Lunz, is the secretary-treasurer of two corporations: Ripeo, Inc., a real estate development firm…