| Court: | Supreme Court of Wisconsin |
| 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. |
| Posture: | Appealed from trial. |
| Issue: | Whether the evidence was sufficient to prove the defendant's guilt |
| Holding: | Yup, it's sufficient. Affirmed. |
| Rule: | All we're really talking about is permanent deprivation. Abandoning after a wreck is a form of this. |
| 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?] |
| Dicta: | |