Court Error – Abuse of Discretion

By: Derek Hawkins//April 24, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Deon M. Harris

Case No.: 2016AP2097-CR

Officials: Brennan, P.J., Kessler and Brash, JJ.

Focus: Court Error – Abuse of Discretion

Deon M. Harris appeals from a judgment, entered upon his guilty plea, convicting him on one count of armed robbery with the use of force as a party to a crime. Harris complains that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion when it sentenced him because it relied on “incredible information” that Harris “played a major role in the offense.” We reject Harris’s challenge to his sentence and affirm the judgment.

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