Title: State v. William Strong
Citation: 2000 WI 50
Docket Number: 1998AP000248-CR
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: June 16, 2000

2000 WI 50 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
Case No.: 
98-0248-CR 
 
 
Complete Title 
Of Case: 
 
State of Wisconsin,  
 
Plaintiff-Respondent, 
 
v. 
William Strong,  
 
Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.  
 
 
REVIEW OF A DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS 
Reported at:  229 Wis. 2d 733 
(Ct. App. 1999-Unpublished) 
 
 
Opinion Filed: 
June 16, 2000 
Submitted on Briefs: 
      
Oral Argument: 
May 31, 2000 
 
 
Source of APPEAL 
 
COURT: 
Circuit Court 
 
COUNTY: 
Marathon 
 
JUDGE: 
Vincent K. Howard 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
Concurred: 
      
 
Dissented: 
      
 
Not Participating: BRADLEY, J., did not participate. 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were 
briefs and oral argument by Jack E. Schairer, assistant state 
public defender. 
 
 
For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued 
by Paul G. Lundsten, assistant attorney general, with whom on the 
brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general. 
 
2000 WI 50 
 
NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further editing and 
modification.  The final version will appear 
in the bound volume of the official reports. 
 
 
No. 98-0248-CR 
 
STATE OF WISCONSIN                    :  
  IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
State of Wisconsin,  
 
          Plaintiff-Respondent, 
 
     v. 
 
William Strong,  
 
          Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner. 
 
 
REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals.  Affirmed.   
 
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PER CURIAM.   The court is equally divided on the 
question of whether the decision of the court of appeals should 
be affirmed or reversed.  Justice JON P. WILCOX, Justice N. 
PATRICK CROOKS, and Justice DIANE S. SYKES would affirm; Chief 
Justice SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Justice WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, and 
Justice DAVID T. PROSSER would reverse.  Justice ANN WALSH 
BRADLEY did not participate.   
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Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is 
affirmed.   
 
 
FILED 
 
JUN 16, 2000 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
Madison, WI 
 
 
 
 
 
No. 
98-0248-CR 
 
 
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