Sentencing Credit

By: Derek Hawkins//April 11, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsinv. Eric D. Walker

Case No.: 2016AP480-CR

Officials: Brennan, P.J., Kessler and Brash, JJ.

Focus: Sentencing Credit

Eric D. Walker appeals a judgment of conviction and a postconviction order. The only issue is whether the circuit court properly denied him sentence credit for the days he spent in custody after he signed a personal recognizance bond but before the circuit court imposed sentence upon

him. Because Walker remained in custody during the disputed periods as a consequence of juvenile court proceedings for delinquent acts distinct from his crime, we affirm

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