State v. Peters

¶ 1. This case is before the court on certification from the court of appeals on a question of first-impression regarding the scope of Wisconsin's identity theft statute, Wis. Stat. § 943.201 (1999-2000).1 Specifically, the question is whether a defendant who misappropriates another's identity and uses it during an arrest and in subsequent bail proceedings to obtain lower bail has done so "to obtain credit, money, goods, services or anything else of value" within the meaning of the identity theft statute. Wis. Stat. § 943.201(2). We answer this question yes.

¶ 2. "Bail" is statutorily defined…