Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 940.47 (2026)

Court orders

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940.47940.47 Court orders. Any court with jurisdiction over any criminal matter, upon substantial evidence, which may include hearsay or the declaration of the prosecutor, that knowing and malicious prevention or dissuasion of any person who is a victim or who is a witness has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur, may issue orders including but not limited to any of the following:

940.47(1)(1) An order that a defendant not violate ss. 940.42 to 940.45.

940.47(2)(2) An order that a person before the court other than a defendant, including, but not limited to, a subpoenaed witness or other person entering the courtroom of the court, not violate ss. 940.42 to 940.45.

940.47(3)(3) An order that any person described in sub. (1) or (2) maintain a prescribed geographic distance from any specified witness or victim.

940.47(4)(4) An order that any person described in sub. (1) or (2) have no communication with any specified witness or any victim, except through an attorney under such reasonable restrictions as the court may impose.

940.47 HistoryHistory: 1981 c. 118.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2023 · leading case: State v. Anderson, 580 N.W.2d 329 (Wis. 1998).

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State v. Anderson, 580 N.W.2d 329 (Wis. 1998). · cites it 4× “45; court orders and penalties for prevention or dissuasion of a victim or witness in a criminal matter, Wis. Stat. §§ 940.47 and 940.48. [2] "[I]t is a precept of justice that punishment for a crime should be graduated and proportioned to the offense.”

State v. Orlik, 595 N.W.2d 468 (Wis. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 14× “Although § 940.47, Stats., does authorize a court to enter such orders if the standards of that statute are met, we do not remand for a determination under that statute because Orlik is no longer incarcerated while awaiting trial.”

State v. Aaron L. Jacobs (Wis. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 3× “§ 940.47. Further, WIS. STAT. § 940.49 subjects defendants released under WIS.”

Love v. Clarke, 563 F. App'x 486 (7th Cir. 2014). “Wis. Stat. § 940.47 . Prison and jail officials enforced the order by moving Love to maximum-security areas as he awaited trial for more than two years.”

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