Pleas & Sentencing – Sentence Credit

By: Derek Hawkins//December 30, 2015//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Jose M. Nieto

Case No.: 2014AP2697-CR

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

Practice Area: Pleas & Sentencing – Sentence Credit

Jose Nieto appeals a judgment sentencing him to five years’ initial confinement and five years’ extended supervision and an order denying his motion for sentence credit. He contends he is entitled to 301 days of sentence credit because his trial attorney was ineffective for failing to seek revocation of his bail after Nieto was charged with additional offenses. The circuit court denied the motion without a hearing. We affirm the judgment and order.

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