Sentencing – Sentence Credit

By: Derek Hawkins//May 9, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Justin A. Hill

Case No.: 2016AP1088-CR; 2016AP1089-CR; 2016AP1090-CR; 2016AP1091-CR

Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J., Lundsten and Blanchard, JJ.

Focus: Sentencing – Sentence Credit

Justin Hill seeks resentencing because, as he argues, the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion in determining the sentences in these Jefferson County cases by improperly relying on the amount of sentence credit to which Hill was entitled. More specifically, Hill argues that case law allows the consideration of sentence credit due as a reason to impose a more lengthy sentence only for a rehabilitative purpose, and that the circuit court acted contrary to that case law because it considered the sentence credit due solely with a “punitive purpose” in mind. Hill’s argument fails because he does not demonstrate that the court relied on the amount of sentence credit due at all. Accordingly, we affirm.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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