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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 App. 1999-Unpublished)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.

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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

FILED

JUN 16, 2000

Cornelia G. Clark

Clerk of Supreme Court

Madison, WI

State of Wisconsin,

Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

William Strong,

Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals. Affirmed.

¶1 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.

¶2 Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.