SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN

Case No.: 98-2792-CR

Complete Title

of Case:

State of Wisconsin,

Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner,

v.

Michael M. Longcore,

Defendant-Appellant.

REVIEW OF A DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS

Reported at: 226 Wis. 2d 1, 594 N.W.2d 412

(Ct. App. 1999-Published)

Opinion Filed: March 10, 2000

Submitted on Briefs:

Oral Argument: February 10, 2000

Source of APPEAL

COURT: Circuit

COUNTY: Brown

JUDGE: Susan E. Bischel

JUSTICES:

Concurred:

Dissented:

Not Participating: CROOKS, J.

ATTORNEYS: For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Jennifer E. Nashold, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief and oral argument by William E. Schmaal, assistant state public defender.

NOTICE

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

No. 98-2792-CR

STATE OF WISCONSIN : IN SUPREME COURT

FILED

MAR 10, 2000

Cornelia G. Clark

Acting Clerk of Supreme Court

Madison, WI

State of Wisconsin,

Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner,

v.

Michael M. Longcore,

Defendant-Appellant.

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. Chief Justice SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Justice WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, and Justice DAVID T. PROSSER would affirm; Justice JON P. WILCOX, Justice ANN WALSH BRADLEY, and Justice DIANE S. SYKES would reverse. Justice N. PATRICK CROOKS did not participate. Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.