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2011 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 939. Crimes--general provisions.
939.65 Prosecution under more than one section permitted.

939.65

SUBCHAPTER V
RIGHTS OF THE PROSECUTION
939.65 Prosecution under more than one section permitted. Except as provided in s. 948.025 (3), if an act forms the basis for a crime punishable under more than one statutory provision, prosecution may proceed under any or all such provisions.

939.65 - ANNOT.

History: 1993 a. 227.

939.65 - ANNOT.

Due process does not require that a person know with certainty which crime, among several, the person is committing, at least until the prosecution exercises its charging discretion. Harris v. State, 78 Wis. 2d 357, 254 N.W.2d 291 (1977).

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