State v. Norris

Larry Norris appeals the judgment arising from his guilty plea to burglary, contrary to § 943.10(l)(a) and (2)(b), Stats., 1991-92 (burglary "[w]hile unarmed, but arms himself with a dangerous weapon while still in the burglarized enclosure."). Norris asserts that the record fails to disclose a factual basis to find that he armed himself with a dangerous weapon and that it fails to demonstrate a "nexus" between the burglary and the weapon such that he possessed the weapon to facilitate the crime. He further argues that the State improperly charged and convicted him of the offense because the…