Sentencing and related issues

Under Wisconsin law, anyone who has been convicted of a state felony or misdemeanor offense has an automatic right to appeal that decision to a higher court.  If you have been convicted of a crime, and are looking to appeal that verdict, you no doubt have many questions.

Wisconsin offers expungement of conviction records. What exactly does that mean and who is eligible?

Wisconsin CCAP is a system that allows anyone to look up civil and criminal records throughout the state.  How long do my records stay on?  What else do I need to know?

HOW LONG WILL I GET?  HOW TO KNOW AND WHAT TO KNOW.

After you have been found guilty of a crime (either by plea or after a trial) the next step is the sentencing hearing.  It does not matter how serious or minor the crime is, the defendant’s sentence will be determined by the judge based on certain factors. 

“How much REAL time will I do.”  In Wisconsin the short answer is, ALL of it!

You have heard it before, an inmate being “up for parole.”  Perhaps what you do not know is that this traditional way of sentencing offender went away.