The information may be in the following form: STATE OF WISCONSIN, .... County, In .... Court. The State of Wisconsin vs. .... (Name of defendant). I, .... district attorney for said county, hereby inform the court that on the .... day of ...., in the year .... (year), at said county the defendant did (state the crime) .... contrary to section .... of the statutes. Dated ...., .... (year), .... District Attorney
Wis. Stat. § 971.03
Form of information
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case United States v. Shannon (1996)
Most recently applied in State v. Edwards (March 2013)
1997 a. 250
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.