Sentence Modification

By: Derek Hawkins//January 17, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Demetrius Antown Brown

Case No.: 2015AP128-CR; 2015AP129-CR; 2015AP130-CR

Officials: Kessler, Brennan and Brash, JJ.

Focus: Sentence Modification

Demetrius Antown Brown appeals judgments of conviction and postconviction orders denying him sentence modification or resentencing. He pled guilty to four crimes, and the circuit court imposed an aggregate sentence of five years of initial confinement and four years of extended supervision. On appeal, Brown mounts two related challenges to the sentencing decision: (1) the circuit court erroneously exercised its sentencing discretion by allegedly mischaracterizing the facts underlying the convictions; and (2) the circuit court’s reliance on its alleged mischaracterization of the facts violated Brown’s due process right to be sentenced on accurate information. We reject his claims and affirm.

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