| Court: | Wisconsin trial court |
| Facts: | Rabe went driving drunk, and four people got killed. Two of his passengers, and two in the vehicle he hit. |
| Posture: | There have been lots of motions, including one to consolidate the four counts of "homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle" into one. |
| Issue: | Multiple counts are not forseeable, and multiple punishment has no utility, so is this a bad rule? |
| Holding: | It is the rule no matter what Rabe wishes. Denied. |
| Rule: | Legislative intent governs whether multiple counts make sense. |
| Reasoning: | Clearly the law was written to allow multiple convictions in such a case. |
| Dicta: | Discretion (prosecutorial and judicial) will prevent undue punishment. |