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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 939 - Crimes — general provisions.
SUBCHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
INCHOATE CRIMES SUBCHAPTER III
DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY
PENALTIES
RIGHTS OF THE PROSECUTION
RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
- 939.01 - Name and interpretation.
- 939.03 - Jurisdiction of state over crime.
- 939.05 - Parties to crime.
- 939.10 - Common law crimes abolished; common law rules preserved.
- 939.12 - Crime defined.
- 939.14 - Criminal conduct or contributory negligence of victim no defense.
- 939.20 - Provisions which apply only to chapters 939 to 951.
- 939.22 - Words and phrases defined.
- 939.23 - Criminal intent.
- 939.24 - Criminal recklessness.
- 939.25 - Criminal negligence.
INCHOATE CRIMES SUBCHAPTER III
DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY
- 939.42 - Intoxication.
- 939.43 - Mistake.
- 939.44 - Adequate provocation.
- 939.45 - Privilege.
- 939.46 - Coercion.
- 939.47 - Necessity.
- 939.48 - Self-defense and defense of others.
- 939.49 - Defense of property and protection against retail theft.
PENALTIES
- 939.50 - Classification of felonies.
- 939.51 - Classification of misdemeanors.
- 939.52 - Classification of forfeitures.
- 939.60 - Felony and misdemeanor defined.
- 939.61 - Penalty when none expressed.
- 939.615 - Lifetime supervision of serious sex offenders.
- 939.616 - Mandatory minimum sentence for child sex offenses.
- 939.617 - Minimum sentence for certain child sex offenses.
- 939.618 - Mandatory minimum sentence for repeat serious sex crimes.
- 939.619 - Mandatory minimum sentence for repeat serious violent crimes.
- 939.6195 - Mandatory minimum sentence for repeat firearm crimes.
- 939.62 - Increased penalty for habitual criminality.
- 939.621 - Increased penalty for certain domestic abuse offenses.
- 939.623 - Increased penalty for elder person victims.
- 939.63 - Penalties; use of a dangerous weapon.
- 939.632 - Penalties; violent crime in a school zone.
- 939.635 - Increased penalty for certain crimes against children committed by a child care provider.
- 939.645 - Penalty; crimes committed against certain people or property.
RIGHTS OF THE PROSECUTION
- 939.65 - Prosecution under more than one section permitted.
- 939.66 - Conviction of included crime permitted.
RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED
- 939.70 - Presumption of innocence and burden of proof.
- 939.71 - Limitation on the number of convictions.
- 939.72 - No conviction of both inchoate and completed crime.
- 939.73 - Criminal penalty permitted only on conviction.
- 939.74 - Time limitations on prosecutions.
- 939.75 - Death or harm to an unborn child.
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