State v. Walker

¶ 1. This is a review of a published court of appeals' decision, 1 which reversed Walker's two year reconfinement order imposed by the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, John A. Franke, Judge. The court of appeals determined that the reconfinement hearing was defective because nothing in the record indicates that Judge Franke, who did not originally sentence Walker, reviewed the original sentencing transcript in full.

¶ 2. This appeal presents the following question: Did this court create a per se rule in State v. Brown 2 that a circuit court judge must review the original sentencing transcript…