Section 939.72. No conviction of both inchoate and completed crime.
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A person shall not be convicted under both:
(1)
Section
939.30
for solicitation and
s.
939.05
as a party to a crime which is the objective of the solicitation; or
(2)
Section
939.31
for conspiracy and
s.
939.05
as a party to a crime which is the objective of the conspiracy; or
(3)
Section
939.32
for attempt and the section defining the completed crime.
1991 a. 153
;
2001 a. 109
.
Sub. (3) does not bar convicting the defendant who shot at one person but killed another of both murder and attempted murder. Austin v. State,
86 Wis. 2d 213
,
271 N.W.2d 668
(1978).
Sub. (3) does not bar convictions for possession of burglarious tools and burglary arising out of a single transaction. Dumas v. State,
90 Wis. 2d 518
,
280 N.W.2d 310
(Ct. App. 1979).
This section refers to convictions, not charges. The state may properly charge a defendant with both being a party to an attempt to commit a crime and conspiracy to commit the crime. State v. Moffett,
2000 WI 130
,
239 Wis. 2d 629
,
619 N.W.2d 918
,
99-1768
.
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