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Wis. Stat. § 946.47

Harboring or aiding felons

Known as the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act

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

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case State v. DeLao (2002)

Most recently applied in Ewell v. Toney (April 2017)

1977 c. 173; 1993 a. 486; 1999 a. 162; 2001 a. 109; 2013 a. 254

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(1) Whoever does either of the following may be penalized as provided in sub. (2m):

(a) With intent to prevent the apprehension of a felon, harbors or aids him or her; or (b) With intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of a felon, destroys, alters, hides, or disguises physical evidence or places false evidence.

(2) As used in this section “felon” means either of the following:

(a) A person who commits an act within the jurisdiction of this state which constitutes a felony under the law of this state; or (b) A person who commits an act within the jurisdiction of another state which is punishable by imprisonment for one year or more in a state prison or penitentiary under the law of that state and would, if committed in this state, constitute a felony under the law of this state.

(2m) Whoever violates sub.

(1) is guilty of the following:

(a) A Class G felony, if the offense committed by the felon being aided is, or would have been if the offense had been committed in this state, any of the following: 1. A Class A, B, C, or D felony. 2. An unclassified felony that is punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment.

(b) A Class I felony, if the offense committed by the felon being aided is, or would have been if the offense had been committed in this state, any of the following: 1. A Class E, F, G, H, or I felony. 2. An unclassified felony that is not punishable by a sentence of life imprisonment.

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