2003 WI 20

 

 

 

Supreme Court of Wisconsin

 

 

 

 

 

Case No.:

01-2591-CR

 

 

Complete Title:

 

 

State of Wisconsin,

���� Plaintiff-Appellant,

���� v.

Jeremy T. Greer,

���� Defendant-Respondent.

 

 

 

 

ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS

 

 

Opinion Filed:

March 25, 2003�

Submitted on Briefs:

     �

Oral Argument:

January 21, 2003�

 

 

Source of Appeal:

 

 

Court:

Circuit�

 

County:

Milwaukee�

 

Judge:

William D. Gardner�

 

 

 

Justices:

 

 

Concurred:

     �

 

Dissented:

     �

 

Not Participating:

WILCOX, J., did not participate.�

 

 

 

Attorneys:

 

For the plaintiff-appellant there were briefs and oral argument by David J. Becker, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

 

For the defendant-respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Donna L. Hintze, assistant state public defender.

 

 

2003 WI 20

notice

This opinion is subject to further editing and modification.� The final version will appear in the bound volume of the official reports.�

No.� 01-2591-CR

(L.C. No.

01 CF 1746)

STATE OF WISCONSIN��������������� �� :

IN SUPREME COURT

 

 

State of Wisconsin,

 

��������� Plaintiff-Appellant,

 

���� v.

 

Jeremy T. Greer,

 

��������� Defendant-Respondent.

 

FILED

 

MAR 25, 2003

 

Cornelia G. Clark

Clerk of Supreme Court

 

 

 

 

 

APPEAL from an order of the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, William D. Gardner, Judge.�� Order granting certification vacated and cause remanded to the Court of Appeals.� ��

 

�1���� PER CURIAM.� The court is equally divided on whether to affirm or reverse the judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County.� Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, and Justice David T. Prosser would affirm.� Justice William A. Bablitch, Justice N. Patrick Crooks, and Justice Diane S. Sykes would reverse.� Justice Jon P. Wilcox did not participate.�

�2���� When a certification or bypass results in a tie vote by this court, the better course of action is to vacate our decision to accept certification or bypass and remand the cause to the court of appeals.� State v. Watson, 209 Wis. 2d 281, 562 N.W.2d 151 (1997) (remanding to court of appeals on a tie vote on certification); State v. Richard Knutson, Inc., 191 Wis. 2d 395, 396-97, 528 N.W.2d 430 (1995).�

�3�� � Accordingly, we vacate our order granting certification and remand to the court of appeals.�

By the Court.�The order granting certification is vacated and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals.�

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