State v. Johnson

¶ 1. Timothy Johnson appeals judgments ordering him confined in the county jail for consecutive nine-month periods as a condition of probation and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Johnson argues the trial court had no statutory authority to order consecutive periods of conditional jail time. He argues alternatively that requiring him to serve a total of eighteen months in jail as a condition of probation violates Wis. Stat. § 973.09(4)(a), which gives trial courts the authority to order jail time "during such period of the term of probation as the court prescribes, but…