Wis. Stat. § 940.201

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 272
Section 940.201 - Battery or threat to witnesses
(1) In this section:
(a) "Family member" means a spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, parent, sibling, or grandchild.
(b) "Witness" has the meaning given in s. 940.41(3).
(2) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:
(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.
(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.

Wis. Stat. § 940.201

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

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).