Legal Question in Criminal Law in Wisconsin

Can a person be indicted of or convicted of a crime based on the pleadings of another person?


Asked on 12/16/18, 6:42 am

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JAY Nixon nixon law offices

Possibly, depending upon what you mean by "based on." Pleadings alone have little legal effect until they are proven in court, however, so what happens at the resulting trial matters a lot more than what in in the pleadings. Findings at a trial can sometimes have "res judicata" effect issue preclusion in later legal actions. These concepts are less frequently used in criminal cases than in civil cases, however.

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Answered on 12/18/18, 5:04 am


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