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940.201

940.201 Battery or threat to witnesses.

940.201(1)

(1) In this section:

940.201(1)(a)

(a) "Family member" means a spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, treatment foster child, parent, sibling or grandchild.

940.201 - ANNOT.

NOTE: Par. (a) is amended by 2009 Wis. Act 28 eff. the date stated in the notice provided by the secretary of children and families and published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 48.62 (9) to read:

940.201 - ANNOT.

(a) "Family member" means a spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, parent, sibling, or grandchild.

940.201(1)(b)

(b) "Witness" has the meaning given in s. 940.41 (3).

940.201(2)

(2) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:

940.201(2)(a)

(a) Intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is or was a witness by reason of the person having attended or testified as a witness and without the consent of the person harmed or threatened.

940.201(2)(b)

(b) Intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is a family member of a witness or a person sharing a common domicile with a witness by reason of the witness having attended or testified as a witness and without the consent of the person harmed or threatened.

940.201 - ANNOT.

History: 1997 a. 143; 2001 a. 109; 2009 a. 28.

940.201 - ANNOT.

Battery to a prospective witness is prohibited by s. 940.206 [now s. 940.201]. McLeod v. State, 85 Wis. 2d 787, 271 N.W.2d 157 (Ct. App. 1978).

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Wisconsin > 940 > 940.201

940.201

940.201 Battery or threat to witnesses.

940.201(1)

(1) In this section:

940.201(1)(a)

(a) "Family member" means a spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, treatment foster child, parent, sibling or grandchild.

940.201 - ANNOT.

NOTE: Par. (a) is amended by 2009 Wis. Act 28 eff. the date stated in the notice provided by the secretary of children and families and published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 48.62 (9) to read:

940.201 - ANNOT.

(a) "Family member" means a spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, parent, sibling, or grandchild.

940.201(1)(b)

(b) "Witness" has the meaning given in s. 940.41 (3).

940.201(2)

(2) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:

940.201(2)(a)

(a) Intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is or was a witness by reason of the person having attended or testified as a witness and without the consent of the person harmed or threatened.

940.201(2)(b)

(b) Intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is a family member of a witness or a person sharing a common domicile with a witness by reason of the witness having attended or testified as a witness and without the consent of the person harmed or threatened.

940.201 - ANNOT.

History: 1997 a. 143; 2001 a. 109; 2009 a. 28.

940.201 - ANNOT.

Battery to a prospective witness is prohibited by s. 940.206 [now s. 940.201]. McLeod v. State, 85 Wis. 2d 787, 271 N.W.2d 157 (Ct. App. 1978).

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Wisconsin > 940 > 940.201

940.201

940.201 Battery or threat to witnesses.

940.201(1)

(1) In this section:

940.201(1)(a)

(a) "Family member" means a spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, treatment foster child, parent, sibling or grandchild.

940.201 - ANNOT.

NOTE: Par. (a) is amended by 2009 Wis. Act 28 eff. the date stated in the notice provided by the secretary of children and families and published in the Wisconsin Administrative Register under s. 48.62 (9) to read:

940.201 - ANNOT.

(a) "Family member" means a spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, parent, sibling, or grandchild.

940.201(1)(b)

(b) "Witness" has the meaning given in s. 940.41 (3).

940.201(2)

(2) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:

940.201(2)(a)

(a) Intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is or was a witness by reason of the person having attended or testified as a witness and without the consent of the person harmed or threatened.

940.201(2)(b)

(b) Intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is a family member of a witness or a person sharing a common domicile with a witness by reason of the witness having attended or testified as a witness and without the consent of the person harmed or threatened.

940.201 - ANNOT.

History: 1997 a. 143; 2001 a. 109; 2009 a. 28.

940.201 - ANNOT.

Battery to a prospective witness is prohibited by s. 940.206 [now s. 940.201]. McLeod v. State, 85 Wis. 2d 787, 271 N.W.2d 157 (Ct. App. 1978).