Resentencing – Court Error

By: Derek Hawkins//June 29, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v John Wayne Allen

Case No.: 2015AP958-CR

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

Focus: Resentencing – Court Error

John Wayne Allen appeals a judgment sentencing him to one hundred years’ imprisonment and an order denying his motion for resentencing. He contends the sentencing court erroneously exercised its discretion by failing to acknowledge an actuarial assessment that scored Allen as a

low risk to reoffend, by imposing the maximum consecutive sentences instead of the least amount of confinement necessary, and by imposing an excessively harsh sentence. We reject these arguments and affirm the judgment and order.

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