Methods of prosecution
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 140 S. Ct. 1390 - Ramos v. Louisiana (2020)
Most recently applied in Ramos v. Louisiana (April 2020)
1979 c. 291; 1993 a. 112.
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) A prosecution may be commenced by the filing of:
(a) A complaint;
(b) In the case of a corporation or limited liability company, an information;
(c) An indictment.
(2) The trial of a misdemeanor action shall be upon a complaint.
(3) The trial of a felony action shall be upon an information.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.