STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 00-0535-CR.

241 Wis.2d 1 (2000)

2001 WI App 7

624 N.W.2d 164

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. John D. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of John A. Pray of the Frank J. Remington Center, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison.

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

Before Brown, P.J., Nettesheim and Snyder, JJ.


¶ 1. BROWN, P.J.

The issue in this case is whether the prosecutor violated her agreement to recommend probation and jail time for John D. Williams. We hold that she violated the agreement when she told the court she now had a negative impression of Williams based on information acquired subsequent to the plea agreement, adopted the same negative impressions expressed by the presentence investigation (PSI) writer and then gratuitously informed the court that the...

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