State v. Sweat

¶1. The . issue presented in this case is whether in restitution pro*412ceedings, Wis. Stat. § 973.20(l4)(b)1 allows a defendant to assert a civil rather than criminal statute of limitations, and its related civil tolling and discovery rules, to bar individual crime victims' claims for restitution. The Wood County Circuit Court, the Honorable John V. Finn, presiding, answered "no" and denied the defendant's claim that the civil statute of limitations and its related tolling principles applied to limit restitution. The court ordered the defendant, Robert W. Sweat, to pay a total of $364,597.23 in…