Court: |
Supreme Court of Wisconsin |
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Facts: |
Kids stole a car, it got wrecked, and they abandoned it. They claim
this was more like joyriding than theft, because they didn't plan
to own the car in the long run. |
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Posture: |
Appealed from trial. |
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Issue: |
Whether the evidence was sufficient to prove the defendant's guilt |
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Holding: |
Yup, it's sufficient. Affirmed. |
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Rule: |
All we're really talking about is permanent deprivation. Abandoning
after a wreck is a form of this. |
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Reasoning: |
They wouldn't have abandoned it if it were not wrecked. You don't need
intent for long, just long enough to make it so you're doing the
permanent depriving on purpose. [Maybe you don't need intent for all
elements simultaneously?] |
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Dicta: |
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