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Wisconsin Supreme Court: Jail Time Must Be Credited When Charge Causing Jailing Read in At Sentencing
Loaded on Jan. 1, 2024
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2024, page 37
Filed under:
Sentencing,
Good Time,
Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of,
Credits.
Location:
Wisconsin.
by Matt Clarke
On June 14, 2023, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that a state prisoner must be given jail time credit on his sentence when the charge resulting in jail time was read in at his sentencing on another charge.
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