STATE v. THORNTON

¶ 1. PER CURIAM.

The court is equally divided on the question of whether the decision of the court of appeals, State v. Thornton, No. 01-1402, unpublished slip op. (Wis.Ct.App. March 5, 2002), should be affirmed or reversed. Justice JON P. WILCOX, Justice DAVID T. PROSSER and Justice PATIENCE D. ROGGENSACK would affirm; Chief Justice SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Justice ANN WALSH BRADLEY, and Justice N. PATRICK CROOKS would reverse. Justice DIANE S. SYKES did not participate.

¶ 2. Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.