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Wis. Stat. § 947.07 (2026)

Causing violence or breach of the peace by damaging or destroying a U.S

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947.07947.07 Causing violence or breach of the peace by damaging or destroying a U.S. flag.
947.07(1)(1) In this section, “flag” means a flag of the United States consisting of horizontal stripes, alternately colored red and white, and a union of any number of white stars on a blue field.
947.07(2)(2) Whoever destroys, damages, or mutilates a flag, or causes a flag to come into contact with urine, feces, or expectoration, with the intent to cause imminent violence or a breach of the peace under circumstances in which the actor knows that his or her conduct is likely to cause violence or a breach of the peace is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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947.07 HistoryHistory: 2003 a. 243.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2005–2017 · leading case: State v. Jeffrey C. Denny, 2017 WI 17 (Wis. 2017).
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State v. Jeffrey C. Denny, 2017 WI 17 (Wis. 2017). · cites it 9× “" Wis. Stat. § 947.07 (7)(a)1. ¶91 Second, it must be "reasonably probable that the movant would not have been .”
State v. Moran, 2005 WI 115 (Wis. 2005). · cites it 4× “07(2) and (6), the circuit court proceeded on the wrong theory of law. Accordingly, we remand this case to the circuit court in order to allow it to analyze Moran's motion under the proper standard.”
Bembenek v. Donohoo, 355 F. Supp. 2d 942 (E.D. Wis. 2005). · cites it 7× “Plaintiffs State Court Motion As previously indicated, in 2002 plaintiff brought a motion in Milwaukee County Circuit Court pursuant to newly enacted under § 947.07. Section 947.07 permits persons who have been convicted of a crime to seek DNA testing of evidence in the…”
Ott v. City of Milwaukee, 48 F. Supp. 3d 1197 (E.D. Wis. 2014). · cites it 2× “Instead, Ott’s attorney from the Wisconsin Innocence Project sent a request to the prosecutor asking that the Crime Lab develop a DNA profile to compare to the known DNA samples taken in the case and search against the state CO-DIS database.”
— Wis. Stat. § 947.07(7)(a) — 1 case
State v. Jeffrey C. Denny, 2017 WI 17 (Wis. 2017). “" Wis. Stat. § 947.07 (7)(a)1. ¶91 Second, it must be "reasonably probable that the movant would not have been .”
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