[DOWNLOAD] "State Wisconsin v. Thelmer Davis" by Supreme Court of Wisconsin # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Wisconsin v. Thelmer Davis
- Author : Supreme Court of Wisconsin
- Release Date : January 11, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals dated November 13, 1984, summarily affirming an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Ralph G. Gorenstein, circuit Judge, which, on November 15, 1983, extended the probation of Thelmer Davis 1 for a third time. We reverse and remand to the circuit court, with directions to terminate Davis' probation supervision. We conclude that the trial Judge abused his discretion in deciding to extend the probation period, because he based that decision on Davis' alleged failure to comply with conditions of her probation when those conditions had never before been explicitly stated by the court to be necessary for the satisfactory completion of the probation term. The record demonstrates that, in 1974, Thelmer Davis was charged with the failure to report income while a recipient of assistance from the Milwaukee County Department of Public Welfare in violation of sec. 49.12 (6), Stats., a felony. After a jury trial, she was found guilty on November 24, 1975. She was placed on probation: