Sentencing – Sentence Credit

By: Derek Hawkins//January 31, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Larry L. George

Case No.: 2016AP525-CRAC

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Sentencing – Sentence Credit

Larry George appeals orders denying his motion for additional sentence credit or sentence modification based on new factors, and denying his motion for reconsideration. George contends: (1) his sentence at issue was made consecutive to a sentence that he was not serving at the time, and therefore it should be treated as a concurrent sentence; and (2) the sentencing judge’s comments show the court expected that George would be entitled to mandatory release after serving ten years in prison, which is inconsistent with the presumptive mandatory release law, and correcting that alleged error constitutes a new factor justifying a sentence reduction. We reject these arguments and affirm the orders.

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