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STATE v. SPEARS

No. 97-0536-CR.

220 Wis.2d 720 (1998)

585 N.W.2d 161

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Yolanda M. SPEARS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Richard D. Martin, assistant state public defender.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Pamela Magee, assistant attorney general.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.

SCHUDSON, J.

Yolanda M. Spears appeals from the judgment of conviction, following her Alford.1 plea, for second-degree intentional homicide, and from the order denying her motion for postconviction relief. Spears argues that the sentencing court erred in ruling that her victim's criminal record was irrelevant to sentencing. We agree. Accordingly, while we affirm the judgment of conviction, we reverse the trial court's postconviction...

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