Wis. Stat. § 345.52: No double prosecution.
Where this section sits in the code
- Chs. 340-351, Vehicles
- Chapter 345 Vehicles — Civil And Criminal Liability
- SUBCHAPTER III ARRESTS, BAIL, PENALTIES
(1) A judgment on the merits in a traffic ordinance action bars any proceeding under a state statute for the same violation. A judgment on the merits in an action under a state statute bars any proceeding under a traffic ordinance enacted in conformity with the state statute for the same violation.
(2) The pendency of an action under a traffic ordinance is grounds for staying an action under a state statute for the same violation. The pendency of an action under a state statute is grounds for staying an action under a traffic ordinance enacted in conformity with the state statute for the same violation.
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