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Sentencing – modification — new factors

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//April 17, 2014//

Sentencing – modification — new factors

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//April 17, 2014//

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Criminal

Sentencing – modification — new factors

This appeal concerns the amount of restitution ordered as part of Paul Williquette’s sentence following his conviction for criminal damage to property arising from damage that Williquette intentionally caused to another person’s vehicle. Williquette appeals a circuit court order denying Williquette’s motion for postconviction relief seeking modification of the restitution order. Williquette argues that evidence of the actual amounts that the victim paid to repair and for the related clean up of his vehicle, which Williquette learned about only after the plea and sentencing hearing, constitutes a new factor that justifies modification of the restitution order. I agree with the circuit court that the actual amount that the victim paid to repair and clean up the damaged vehicle is not a new factor that justifies modification of Williquette’s sentence. Accordingly, I affirm. This opinion will not be published.

2013AP2127-CR State v. Williquette

Dist IV, Wood County, Wolf, J., Blanchard, P.J.

Attorneys: For Appellant: Rosenberg, Michael D., Madison; For Respondent: Weber, Gregory M., Madison; Constable, Eliz. R., Wisconsin Rapids

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