State v. Schaefer

746 N.W.2d 457 (2008)

2008 WI 25

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent

v.

Ronald SCHAEFER, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 2006AP1826-CRAC.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Argued September 5, 2007.

Decided April 2, 2008.

For the defendant-appellant there were briefs by Kathleen B. Stilling, Jerome F. Buting, and Buting & Williams, S.C., Brookfield and oral argument by Kathleen B. Stilling.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by Daniel J. O'Brien, assistant attorney general with whom on the briefs was J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Nicholas Chiarkas, state…