Legal Opinion
State v. Vassos
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided May 27, 1998No. 97-0938-CRPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.
¶ 1. This is an appeal by the State from an order of the Circuit Court for Winnebago County, William E. Crane, Judge, dismissing on double jeopardy grounds the State's prosecution of the defendant, Prokopios Vassos, on a misdemeanor battery charge following his acquittal of felony battery. Both charges arose out of the same incident.
¶ 2. The court of appeals certified the following issue to this court: "When a defendant is acquitted of substantial felony battery, § 940.19(3), STATS., do double jeopardy protections bar a successive prosecution for…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Dowling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Sealfon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by23 opinions
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