State v. Grayson

The issue in this case is whether charging an individual who continuously failed to pay court-ordered child support for the years 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989, with four counts of felony nonsupport under sec. 948.22(2), Stats., one for each year, is mul-tiplicitous and therefore impermissible.

We hold that sec. 948.22(2), Stats., permits a prosecutor to charge one count of felony nonsupport for each 120-day term a person fails to pay child support, even if that person failed to pay over one continuous period.1

The defendant, Keith A. Grayson, was convicted on his plea of no contest of four counts…