Opinion ID: 1922750
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The 1967 statutes apply.

Text: The question of whether or not the good time earned by a person committed under the Sex Crimes Act can be forfeited is strictly one of statutory interpretation. Accordingly, a threshold question to be determined here is what statutes are to be applied. The public defender correctly contends that the statute as it existed prior to the 1969 revision (sec. 959.15(12), Stats. 1967) [3] applies. The general section of the completely revised Criminal Procedure Code, 1969, sec. 967.01, Stats., states that the new provisions apply only to prosecutions commenced after July 1, 1970, and that [p]rosecutions commenced prior to July 1, 1970, shall be governed by the law existing prior thereto.