172 Wis. 2d 156 - State v. Grayson’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably 219 Wis. 2d 739 - State v. Anderson (1998), State v. Derango (2000)
51 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 96 Wis. 2d 48 - State v. Rabe · 144 Wis. 2d 388 - State v. Schumacher · 88 Wis. 2d 546 - Harrell v. State · 101 Wis. 2d 413 - Manson v. State · 96 Wis. 2d 25 - State v. Eisch
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'common sense reading of the statute' that will give effect to 'the object of the legislature' and produce a result that is 'reasonable and fair to offenders and society.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“Any person who intentionally fails for 120 or more consecutive days to provide .. . child support which the person knows or reasonably should know the person is legally obligated to provide is guilty of a Class E felony. A prosecutor may charge a person with multiple counts for a violation under this subsection if each count covers a period of at least 120 consecutive days and there is no overlap between periods.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Multiple punishments based on each 120-day period of nonsupport are not only appropriate, but essential, if the statute is to provide deterrence and proportionality in its operation. State v. Hamilton, 146 Wis. 2d 426 , 432 N.W.2d 108 (Ct. App. 1988), illustrates the need for deterrence. In Hamilton , the court of appeals determined that a defendant who possesses at one time and place a number of items with altered or removed serial numbers (contrary to sec. 943.37(3), Stats.) may be prosecuted for a separate charge based on each altered article of personal property. Id. at 429 . It reasoned that deterrence would not exist unless possession of each item constituted a separate offense. Id. at 441 . More specifically, the court stated the following at p. 441: If only a single charge and punishment is available ... no matter how many items are possessed, thieves and receivers are encouraged, not deterred. The more they possess, the greater their potential profit, with no concomitant increase in risk. We think such a result contrary to public policy in and of itself and is certainly contrary to the intent of the legislature. The same is true here. If a parent failing to provide child support for 120 days or more is liable to prosecution for only one offense no matter how long the period of nonsupport continues, the continuation of the failure to provide support is encouraged, not deterred. Multiple charges are not only appropriate, they are essential if the nonsupport statute is ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.