Obstructing justice
Known as the Wisconsin Organized Crime Control Act
The act spans §§ 946.01 to 946.93 (62 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case State v. Canon (2001)
Most recently applied in Pugin v. Garland (June 2023)
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 for a consideration knowingly gives false information to any officer of any court with intent to influence the officer in the performance of official functions is guilty of a Class I felony.
(2) “Officer of any court” includes the judge, reporter, bailiff and district attorney.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.