Court Opinion

ID: 9572453
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:41:51.222878+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:33:00.649976
License: Public Domain

LOUIS J. CECI, J.
(concurring). I concur in the mandate. While I join in the discussion of "OTHER *1136CRIMES EVIDENCE" contained in section I of Justice William A. Bablitch's opinion, I do not join in the discussion of "SENTENCING GUIDELINES" contained in section II of that opinion.
I reject in its entirety Justice Bablitch's discussion of the sentencing guidelines. I believe that whether a circuit court considers the guidelines or states its reasons for deviating from them is irrelevant when determining whether that circuit court has properly exercised its discretion in sentencing pursuant to McCleary v. State, 49 Wis. 2d 263, 182 N.W.2d 512 (1971).
I am authorized to state that Justice DONALD W. STEINMETZ joins this concurrence.
I also join in Justice ROLAND B. DAY'S concurring opinion.