Byline: Derek Hawkins
WI Court of Appeals District IV
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. William C. MacDonald
Case No.: 2020AP605-CR
Officials: Blanchard, P.J., Fitzpatrick, and Nashold, JJ.
Focus: Postconviction Motion Surcharge Reduction
The issue in this appeal is how many images are "associated with" William C. MacDonald's crime of possession of child pornography for purposes of assessing the statutorily mandated surcharge of $500 per image. See WIS. STAT. 948.12 (2019-20) (criminalizing possession of child pornography); WIS. STAT. 973.042(2) (mandating surcharge on images or copies of images "associated with the crime[s]" of possession of child pornography or sexual exploitation of a child) (sometimes referred to in this decision as the surcharge statute). The criminal information charged MacDonald with ten counts of possession of child...
