By: Derek Hawkins//June 21, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: State of Wisconsinv. Cynthia A. Hansen
Case No.: 2016AP2114-CR
Officials: Gundrum, J.
Focus: Sufficiency of Plea
Cynthia Hansen appeals from a judgment of conviction for criminal damage to property of another, in violation of WIS. STAT. § 943.01(1), entered upon her guilty plea and the denial of her postconviction motion. She contends her conviction in this case should be dismissed or her plea should be vacated because “the record” of her guilty plea fails to demonstrate she was “aware of the essential elements of the crime of criminal damage to marital property.” She further asserts there was an insufficient factual basis for her plea. We disagree with her on both fronts and affirm.