State v. Lossman

This is a review of a one-judge unpublished decision of the court of appeals dated July 26, 1983, which affirmed a judgment of conviction of the circuit court for Wood county, Judge Frederic W. Fleishauer, presiding, which followed a jury verdict finding the defendant, Thomas C. Lossman, guilty of violating sec. 946.41(1), Stats., resisting or obstructing an officer.1

The trial court, using pattern jury instruction Wis. JI — Criminal 1765, instructed the jury that an essential element of the crime charged was that the defendant knew or believed that the officer he was resisting or obstructing…