Bail jumping
Known as the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act
The act spans §§ 946.01 to 946.93 (62 sections).
Applied in 66 court decisions — leading case 211 Wis. 2d 194 - State v. Klessig (1997)
Most recently applied in State v. Ryan Hugh Mulhern (June 2022)
1977 c. 173; 2001 a. 109
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) Whoever, having been released from custody under ch. 969, intentionally fails to comply with the terms of his or her bond is:
(a) If the offense with which the person is charged is a misdemeanor, guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) If the offense with which the person is charged is a felony, guilty of a Class H felony.
(2) A witness for whom bail has been required under s. 969.01 (3) is guilty of a Class I felony for failure to appear as provided.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.