A crime is conduct which is prohibited by state law and punishable by fine or imprisonment or both. Conduct punishable only by a forfeiture is not a crime.
Wis. Stat. § 939.12
Crime defined
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case State v. Courtney C. Beamon (2013)
Most recently applied in 378 Wis. 2d 105 - State v. Wortman (August 2017)
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Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.