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11 HLRe: Off Rec. 1 (2020-2021)
Criminal Repeater Statutes: Occasions, Convictions, and Absurd Results

handle is hein.journals/hlreoffrec11 and id is 1 raw text is: ARTICLE CRIMINAL REPEATER STATUTES: OCCASIONS, CONVICTIONS, AND ABSURD RESULTS Michael D. Cicchini* TABLE OF CONTENTS IN TROD U CTION .............................................................................. 2 I.THE DOMESTIC ABUSE REPEATER................................................. 4 II.A SHAKY FOUNDATION: THE GENERAL REPEATER...................... 5 III.THE DEFENSE STRIKES BACK.................................................. 8 A. Lessons in Statutory Construction .............................. 9 B. The Absurdity (Doctrine) of It All.............................. 11 IV.LEGISLATIVE REWRITES............................................................ 15 C ON CLU SIO N ............................................................................... 17 * Criminal defense lawyer, Cicchini Law Office LLC, Kenosha, Wisconsin. J.D., summa cum laude, Marquette University Law School (1999); C.P.A., University of Illinois Board of Examiners (1997); M.B.A., Marquette University Graduate School (1994); B.S., University of Wisconsin-Parkside (1990). Many thanks to Wisconsin criminal defense at- torneys Eric Eickhoff, Peter Heyne, and Michael Hughes for sharing their ideas and re- search on this topic. 1

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