Sentencing – restitution

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Criminal

Sentencing – restitution

APPEAL from a judgment and an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: DENNIS P. MORONEY, Judge. Judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part;
order reversed and cause remanded with directions.

Kenneth R. Wamser appeals from that portion of a judgment of conviction requiring him to pay $4698.32 in restitution, and from an order denying his
postconviction motion to reduce the restitution amount by $4000. Wamser contends that there is insufficient evidence establishing a causal nexus between
his burglary and the victim’s claimed $4000-loss of two necklaces. We agree, so we reverse the order and the portion of the judgment imposing restitution
for the jewelry, and we remand this matter to the circuit court with directions to amend the judgment of conviction to reflect an obligation of $698.32.

2014AP001054-CR State v. Kenneth R. Wamser

DISTRICT I, Milwaukee County, DENNIS P. MORONEY, PER CURIAM

Attorneys: For Appellant: Todd, Leon W., III For Respondent: Loebel, Karen A., Latorraca, Donald V.

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