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Wis JI-Criminal 1441B

Theft: Penalty Factors

activein force · 2020-07-01 – presentas-observed

ADD ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IF FELONY THEFT IS

CHARGED AND THE EVIDENCE WOULD SUPPORT A FINDING THAT A

PENALTY FACTOR SET FORTH IN SUB. (3)(d) OR (3)(e) IS

ESTABLISHED.

If you find the defendant guilty, you must answer the following question:

FOR CHARGES UNDER SUB. (3)(d)1.

[“Was the property taken a domestic animal?”] 1

FOR CHARGES UNDER SUB. (3)(d)3.

[“Was the property taken from a building which has been destroyed or left

unoccupied because of physical disaster, riot, bombing or the proximity of battle?”] 2

FOR CHARGES UNDER SUB. (3)(d)4.

[“Was the property taken after physical disaster, riot, bombing or the proximity of

battle has necessitated its removal from a building?”] 3

FOR CHARGES UNDER SUB. (3)(d)5.

[“Was the property taken a firearm?” 4

“Firearm” means a weapon that acts by the force of gunpowder.]

FOR CHARGES UNDER SUB. (3)(d)6.

[“Was the property taken from (an individual at risk) (a patient or resident of a (name

type of facility under s. 940.295(2)))?”] 5

FOR CHARGES UNDER SUB. (3)(e).

[“Was the property taken from (the person of another) (a corpse)?”] 6

[This requires that the property was taken from the body of the person in possession

of the property, or that the person had immediate control over the property.] 7

Before you may answer the question “yes,” you must be satisfied beyond a

reasonable doubt that the answer to the question is “yes.”

If you are not so satisfied, you must answer the question “no.”

History

Wis JI-Criminal 1441B (2020). Release No. 58, 7/2020. © 2020, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Criminal Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.

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2026-09-24
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2026-09-24
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