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§ 940.30, False Imprisonment – Sufficiency of Evidence – Elements: “Confined” or “Restrained”; “Consent”
State v. Michael Scott Long, 2009 WI 36, affirming in part and reversing in part unpublished opinionF
For Long: Joseph L. Sommers
Issue: Whether “restrained or confined” element of false imprisonment was established where the defendant hugged the complainant tightly while committing an act of sexual contact.
Holding:
¶28 This court has previously explained that confinement is the “restraint by one person of the physical liberty of another.”