Pot case going to Supreme Court

Updated: Thursday, 02 Jul 2009, 11:10 AM CDT
Published : Thursday, 02 Jul 2009, 11:10 AM CDT

MADISON (AP) - A state appeals court has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to clarify a judge's role in accepting or denying plea agreements.

The questions stem from a case involving Joshua Conger of Fond du Lac. Conger was charged in 2007 with possessing marijuana in Fond du Lac County. He struck a deal with prosecutors to reduce a felony charge to three misdemeanors.

But Judge Peter Grimm rejected the deal, saying the case involved too much marijuana and noting that police objected to changing a felony to misdemeanors.

The 4th District Court of Appeals says the high court should determine when and how a judge should weigh plea bargains.

Four of the Supreme Court's seven justices must decide to accept the case.

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