Opinion
No. 2014AP1810–CR.
2015-08-27
STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Michael L. DELANEY, Defendant–Appellant.
Hess v. State, 174 Wis. 96, 99, 181 N.W. 725 (1921). The supreme court reiterated this standard in Hawkins v. State, 205 Wis. 620, 624, 238 N.W. 511 (1931), in which the court stated: “The [S]tate is not formally tied to any date, but may, within reasonable limitations, prove the commission of the offense charged on any other [date] substantially corresponding with the date charged.” See also Thomas v. State, 92 Wis.2d 372, 386, 284 N.W.2d 917 (1979) (stating the “failure to prove the specific date of the offense is not fatal to the [S]tate's case against [a] defendant”).