When a sentence is vacated and a new sentence is imposed upon the defendant for the same crime, the department shall credit the defendant with confinement previously served.
Wis. Stat. § 973.04
Credit for imprisonment under earlier sentence for the same crime
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case State v. Lamar (2011)
Most recently applied in State v. Richard H. Harrison, Jr. (April 2020)
1983 a. 66, 528
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