Legal Question in Criminal Law in Wisconsin

Lying about anything to a court is illegal and can subject a person to potential jail and other sanctions for contempt of court. If done in the presence of the judge and the contemptuous behavior is sufficiently clear cut, the court has authority to immediately have the person hauled off to jail without further proceedings. That being said, there is often a grey area when it comes to minor variations in spelling. A minor misspelling can get into records many different ways, including a typographical error by the arresting officer or booking officer at the jail. Please be aware that my responses to you in the public web forum do not make me your attorney and that I am not representing you or taking any action on your case. These answers are intended for public educational use only and may contain advertising materials. You are welcome to contact me during business hours at my in Racine if you still have