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STATE v. CARTER

No. 2006AP1811-CR.

785 N.W.2d 516 (2010)

2010 WI 77

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Patrick C. CARTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 14, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Warren D. Weinstein, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Ellen Henak, assistant state public defender.

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Chief Justice.

¶ 1 This case addresses the award of sentence credit for the time a criminal defendant spends in jail while awaiting trial and sentencing. The statutory provision at issue here is mandatory and the language at issue in this case amounts to one simple sentence: "A convicted offender shall be given credit toward the service of his or her sentence for all days spent in custody in connection with the course of conduct for which...

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