Wis. Stat. § 946.415

Failure to comply with officer’s attempt to take person into custody

Known as the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act

The act spans §§ 946.01 to 946.93 (62 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case United States v. Templeton (2008)

Most recently applied in 355 Wis. 2d 28 - State v. William F. Bokenyi (July 2014)

1995 a. 93; 2001 a. 109

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(1) In this section, “officer” has the meaning given in s. 946.41 (2) (b).

(2) Whoever intentionally does all of the following is guilty of a Class I felony:

(a) Refuses to comply with an officer’s lawful attempt to take him or her into custody.

(b) Retreats or remains in a building or place and, through action or threat, attempts to prevent the officer from taking him or her into custody.

(a) and (b), remains or becomes armed with a dangerous weapon or threatens to use a dangerous weapon regardless of whether he or she has a dangerous weapon.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.