CHAPTER 973
SENTENCING
973.01 Bifurcated sentence of imprisonment and extended supervision.
973.013 Indeterminate sentence; Wisconsin state prisons.
973.0135 Sentence for certain serious felonies; parole eligibility determination.
973.014 Sentence of life imprisonment; parole eligibility determination; extended supervision eligibility determination.
973.015 Misdemeanors, special disposition.
973.02 Place of imprisonment when none expressed.
973.032 Sentence to intensive sanctions program.
973.033 Sentencing; restriction on firearm possession.
973.034 Sentencing; restriction on child sex offender working with children.
973.035 Transfer to state-local shared correctional facilities.
973.04 Credit for imprisonment under earlier sentence for the same crime.
973.045 Crime victim and witness assistance surcharge.
973.046 Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge.
973.047 Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis requirements.
973.048 Sex offender reporting requirements.
973.055 Domestic abuse assessments.
973.07 Failure to pay fine or costs or to comply with certain community service work.
973.075 Forfeiture of property derived from crime and certain vehicles.
973.076 Forfeiture proceedings.
973.077 Burden of proof; liabilities.
973.08 Records accompanying prisoner.
973.10 Control and supervision of probationers.
973.11 Placements with volunteers in probation program.
973.12 Sentence of a repeater or persistent repeater.
973.125 Notice of lifetime supervision for serious sex offenders.
973.13 Excessive sentence, errors cured.
973.135 Courts to report convictions to the state superintendent of public instruction.
973.14 Sentence to house of correction.
973.15 Sentence, terms, escapes.
973.17 Judgment against a corporation or limited liability company.
973.18 Notice of rights to appeal and representation.
973.19 Motion to modify sentence.
Ch. 973 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
967.02.
973.01
973.01
Bifurcated sentence of imprisonment and extended supervision. 973.01(1)
(1)
Bifurcated sentence required. Except as provided in
sub. (3), whenever a court sentences a person to imprisonment in the Wisconsin state prisons for a felony committed on or after December 31, 1999, the court shall impose a bifurcated sentence that consists of a term of confinement in prison followed by a term of extended supervision under
s. 302.113.
973.01(2)
(2) Structure of bifurcated sentences. The court shall ensure that a bifurcated sentence imposed under
sub. (1) complies with all of the following:
973.01(2)(a)
(a)
Total length of bifurcated sentence. Except as provided in
par. (c), the total length of the bifurcated sentence may not exceed the maximum period of imprisonment for the felony.
973.01(2)(b)
(b)
Imprisonment portion of bifurcated sentence. The portion of the bifurcated sentence that imposes a term of confinement in prison may not be less than one year, subject to any minimum sentence prescribed for the felony, and, except as provided in
par. (c), may not exceed whichever of the following is applicable:
973.01(2)(b)1.
1. For a Class B felony, the term of confinement in prison may not exceed 40 years.
973.01(2)(b)2.
2. For a Class BC felony, the term of confinement in prison may not exceed 20 years.
973.01(2)(b)3.
3. For a Class C felony, the term of confinement in prison may not exceed 10 years.
973.01(2)(b)4.
4. For a Class D felony, the term of confinement in prison may not exceed 5 years.
973.01(2)(b)5.
5. For a Class E felony, the term of confinement in prison may not exceed 2 years.
973.01(2)(b)6.
6. For any felony other than a felony specified in
subds. 1. to
5., the term of confinement in prison may not exceed 75% of the total length of the bifurcated sentence.
973.01(2)(c)
(c)
Penalty enhancement. The maximum term of confinement in prison specified in
par. (b) may be increased by any applicable penalty enhancement. If the maximum term of confinement in prison specified in
par. (b) is increased under this paragraph, the total length of the bifurcated sentence that may be imposed is increased by the same amount.
973.01(2)(d)
(d)
Minimum term of extended supervision. The term of extended supervision that follows the term of confinement in prison may not be less than 25% of the length of the term of confinement in prison imposed under
par. (b).
973.01(3)
(3) Not applicable to life sentences. If a person is being sentenced for a felony that is punishable by life imprisonment, he or she is not subject to this section but shall be sentenced under
s. 973.014 (1g).
973.01(3m)
(3m) Challenge incarceration program eligibility. When imposing a bifurcated sentence under this section on a person convicted of a crime other than a crime specified in
ch. 940 or
s. 948.02,
948.025,
948.03,
948.05,
948.055,
948.06,
948.07,
948.08 or
948.095, the court shall, as part of the exercise of its sentencing discretion, decide whether the person being sentenced is eligible or ineligible for the challenge incarceration program under
s. 302.045 during the term of confinement in prison portion of the bifurcated sentence.
973.01(4)
(4) No good time; extension or reduction of term of imprisonment. A person sentenced to a bifurcated sentence under
sub. (1) shall serve the term of confinement in prison portion of the sentence without reduction for good behavior. The term of confinement in prison portion is subject to extension under
s. 302.113 (3) and, if applicable, to reduction under
s. 302.045 (3m).
973.01(5)
(5) extended supervision conditions. Whenever the court imposes a bifurcated sentence under
sub. (1), the court may impose conditions upon the term of extended supervision.
973.01(6)
(6) No parole. A person serving a bifurcated sentence imposed under
sub. (1) is not eligible for release on parole.
973.01(7)
(7) No discharge. The department of corrections may not discharge a person who is serving a bifurcated sentence from custody, control and supervision until the person has served the entire bifurcated sentence.
973.01(8)(a)(a) When a court imposes a bifurcated sentence under this section, it shall explain, orally and in writing, all of the following to the person being sentenced:
973.01(8)(a)2.
2. The amount of time the person will serve in prison under the term of confinement in prison portion of the sentence.
973.01(8)(a)3.
3. The amount of time the person will spend on extended supervision, assuming that the person does not commit any act that results in the extension of the term of confinement in prison under
s. 302.113 (3).
973.01(8)(a)4.
4. That the amount of time the person must actually serve in prison may be extended as provided under
s. 302.113 (3) and that because of extensions under
s. 302.113 (3) the person could serve the entire bifurcated sentence in prison.
973.01(8)(a)5.
5. That the person will be subject to certain conditions while on release to extended supervision, and that violation of any of those conditions may result in the person being returned to prison, as provided under
s. 302.113 (9).
973.01(8)(am)
(am) If the court provides under
sub. (3m) that the person is eligible for the challenge incarceration program, the court shall also inform the person of the provisions of
s. 302.045 (3m).
973.01(8)(b)
(b) The court's explanation under
par. (a) 3. of a person's potential period of extended supervision does not create a right to a minimum period of extended supervision.
973.01 History
History: 1997 a. 283.
973.013
973.013
Indeterminate sentence; Wisconsin state prisons. 973.013(1)(a)(a) If imprisonment in the Wisconsin state prisons for a term of years is imposed, the court may fix a term less than the prescribed maximum. The form of such sentence shall be substantially as follows: "You are hereby sentenced to the Wisconsin state prisons for an indeterminate term of not more than .... (the maximum as fixed by the court) years."
973.013(1)(b)
(b) Except as provided in
s. 973.01, the sentence shall have the effect of a sentence at hard labor for the maximum term fixed by the court, subject to the power of actual release from confinement by parole by the department or by pardon as provided by law. If a person is sentenced for a definite time for an offense for which the person may be sentenced under this section, the person is in legal effect sentenced as required by this section, said definite time being the maximum period. A defendant convicted of a crime for which the minimum penalty is life shall be sentenced for life.
973.013(2)
(2) Upon the recommendation of the department, the governor may, without the procedure required by
ch. 304, discharge absolutely, or upon such conditions and restrictions and under such limitation as the governor thinks proper, any inmate committed to the Wisconsin state prisons after he or she has served the minimum term of punishment prescribed by law for the offense for which he or she was sentenced, except that if the term was life imprisonment, 5 years must elapse after release on parole or extended supervision before such a recommendation can be made to the governor. The discharge has the effect of an absolute or conditional pardon, respectively.
973.013(3)
(3) Female persons convicted of a felony may be committed to the Taycheedah correctional institution unless they are subject to
sub. (3m).
973.013(3m)
(3m) If a person who has not attained the age of 16 years is sentenced to the Wisconsin state prisons, the department of corrections shall place the person at a secured juvenile correctional facility or a secured child caring institution, unless the department of corrections determines that placement in an institution under
s. 302.01 is appropriate based on the person's prior record of adjustment in a correctional setting, if any; the person's present and potential vocational and educational needs, interests and abilities; the adequacy and suitability of available facilities; the services and procedures available for treatment of the person within the various institutions; the protection of the public; and any other considerations promulgated by the department of corrections by rule. This subsection does not preclude the department of corrections from designating an adult correctional institution as a reception center for the person and subsequently transferring the person to a secured juvenile correctional facility or a secured child caring institution.
Section 302.11 and
ch. 304 apply to all persons placed in a secured juvenile correctional facility or a secured child caring institution under this subsection.
973.013(4)
(4) If information under
s. 972.15 (2m) has been provided in a presentence investigation report, the court shall consider that information when sentencing the defendant.
973.013 Annotation
The supreme court adopts Standard 2.3 (c) of the ABA Standards Relating to Appellate Review of Sentences, thereby requiring the sentencing judge to state for the record in the presence of the defendant the reasons for selecting the particular sentence imposed or, if the sentencing judge deems it in the interest of the defendant not to state his reasons in the presence of the defendant, to prepare a statement for transmission to the reviewing court as part of the record. McCleary v. State, 49 W (2d) 263, 182 NW (2d) 512.
973.013 Annotation
It is not a denial of equal treatment to sentence a defendant to 4 years imprisonment although other persons involved (all minors) received lesser or no punishment. State v. Schilz, 50 W (2d) 395, 184 NW (2d) 134.
