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2023 WI 69

                  SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN
CASE NO.:               2021AP1399-CR

COMPLETE TITLE:         State of Wisconsin,
                                  Plaintiff-Appellant,
                             v.
                        Morris V. Seaton,
                                  Defendant-Respondent.

                            ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS

OPINION FILED:          October 10, 2023
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS:
ORAL ARGUMENT:          September 13, 2023

SOURCE OF APPEAL:
   COURT:               Circuit
   COUNTY:              Waukesha
   JUDGE:               Jennifer Dorow

JUSTICES:
Per Curiam.
NOT PARTICIPATING:
Janet C. Protasiewicz, J.

ATTORNEYS:
       For    the      plaintiff-appellant,   there   were    briefs    filed   by
Sarah L. Burgundy, assistant attorney general, with whom on the
brief was Joshua L. Kaul, attorney general.                  There was an oral
argument by Sarah L. Burgundy, assistant attorney general.

       For the defendant-respondent, there was a brief filed by
Melinda A. Swartz, Michael J. Steinle and Terschan, Steinle,
Hodan & Ganzer, Ltd, Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by
Melinda A. Swartz.
                                                                 2023 WI 69
                                                         NOTICE
                                           This opinion is subject to further
                                           editing and modification.   The final
                                           version will appear in the bound
                                           volume of the official reports.
No.    2021AP1399-CR
(L.C. No.   2020CF687)

STATE OF WISCONSIN                     :            IN SUPREME COURT

State of Wisconsin,

            Plaintiff-Appellant,
                                                             FILED
      v.                                                OCT 10, 2023

Morris V. Seaton,                                        Samuel A. Christensen
                                                        Clerk of Supreme Court

            Defendant-Respondent.

      APPEAL from an order of the Circuit Court for Waukesha

County, Jennifer Dorow, Judge.      Order to accept certification

vacated and remanded.

      ¶1     PER CURIAM.   The court is equally divided on whether
to affirm or reverse the order of the circuit court for Waukesha

County.

      ¶2     This court accepted jurisdiction over this appeal by

accepting a certification from the court of appeals.             Wis. Stat.

§ (Rule) 809.61 (2021-22).     We have previously stated that when

a tie vote occurs in this court on a bypass or certification,

"justice is better served in such an instance by remanding to

the court of appeals for their consideration."          State v. Richard
                                                         No.   2021AP1399-CR

Knutson, Inc., 191 Wis. 2d. 395, 396-97, 528 N.W.2d 430 (1995)

(remanding to court of appeals on a tie vote on certification).

    ¶3      Accordingly,   we    vacate   our    order   to    accept    the

certification and remand to the court of appeals.

    By   the   Court.—Order     to   accept   certification    vacated   and

remanded.

    ¶4      JANET C. PROTASIEWICZ, J., did not participate.

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