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STATE v. DOWDY

No. 2010AP772-CR.

792 N.W.2d 230 (2010)

2010 WI App 158

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carl L. DOWDY, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed October 21, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James M. Freimuth , assistant attorney general, and J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Bryan J. Cahill of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison.

Before LUNDSTEN, HIGGINBOTHAM and BLANCHARD, JJ.

BLANCHARD, J.

¶ 1 The State appeals from a circuit court order granting Carl Dowdy's request to reduce the period of Dowdy's probation from ten years to seven years. We conclude that the court had neither statutory nor inherent authority to order the reduction. The plain language of WIS. STAT. § 973.09(3)(a) (2007-08)1 does not authorize the circuit court to reduce Dowdy's probation period. Furthermore, whether or not circuit...

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