Case Name: State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. William H. Thornton, Jr., Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Decision Date: 2004-03-30
Citations: 270 Wis. 2d 265
Docket Number: No. 01-1402
Parties: State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. William H. Thornton, Jr., Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.
Judges: Justice JON E WILCOX, Justice DAVID T. PROSSER and Justice PATIENCE D. ROGGENSACK would affirm; Chief Justice SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Justice ANN WALSH BRADLEY, and Justice N. PATRICK CROOKS would reverse. Justice DIANE S. SYKES did not participate.
Reporter: Wisconsin Reports Second
Volume: 270
Pages: 265–266

Head Matter:
State of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. William H. Thornton, Jr., Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.
Supreme Court
No. 01-1402.
Oral argument March 12, 2004.
Decided March 30, 2004.
2004 WI 35
(Also reported in 677 N.W.2d 274.)
For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Robert R. Henak and Henak Law Office, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Robert R. Henak.
For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by William L. Gansner, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Peggy A. Lautenschlager, attorney general.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
¶ 1. The court is equally divided on the question of whether the decision of the court of appeals, State v. Thornton, No. 01-1402, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. March 5, 2002), should be affirmed or reversed.
Justice JON E WILCOX, Justice DAVID T. PROSSER and Justice PATIENCE D. ROGGENSACK would affirm; Chief Justice SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Justice ANN WALSH BRADLEY, and Justice N. PATRICK CROOKS would reverse. Justice DIANE S. SYKES did not participate.
¶ 2. Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.