State v. Patterson

¶ 1. Patrick Patterson gave a controlled substance to seventeen-year-old Tanya S., and she died as a result. Among other crimes, Patterson was convicted of first-degree reckless homicide by delivery of a controlled substance, under Wis. Stat. § 940.02(2)(a), and contributing to the delinquency of a child with death as a consequence, under Wis. Stat. § 948.40(4)(a). Patterson argues that these two charges are multiplicitous and that the evidence was insufficient to convict him for contributing to the delinquency of Tanya S. because it is legally impossible to contribute to the delinquency of…