Section 940.201. Battery or threat to witnesses.

 

(1)  In this section:

(a) “Family member" means a spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, parent, sibling, or grandchild.

(b) “Witness" has the meaning given in s. 940.41 (3) .

(2)  Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:

(a) Intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is or was a witness by reason of the person having attended or testified as a witness and without the consent of the person harmed or threatened.

(b) Intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is a family member of a witness or a person sharing a common domicile with a witness by reason of the witness having attended or testified as a witness and without the consent of the person harmed or threatened.

1997 a. 143 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2009 a. 28 . Battery to a prospective witness is prohibited by s. 940.206 [now s. 940.201]. McLeod v. State, 85 Wis. 2d 787 , 271 N.W.2d 157 (Ct. App. 1978).