Court Opinion

ID: 9686798
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 16:06:47.871995+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:22.126116
License: Public Domain

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.
(concurring). I join this opinion. I write separately to state that as I read the opinion it rightly does not restrict a circuit court's discretion under sec. 48.355 to fashion a disposition for a delinquent child.
I agree that, since no statute authorizes a circuit court to award "credit" for the time a delinquent child spends in pre-trial detention, no such "credit" should be awarded. Nevertheless, I conclude that in fashioning a disposition a circuit court may consider the amount of time a child spends in pre-trial detention and the experiences a child encounters in that setting.
I am authorized to state that JUSTICE WILLIAM A. Bablitch joins this opinion.