State v. Koerner

The motion for withdrawal of the pleas was based in part upon denial of plaintiff’s motion to amend the sentence. This basis apparently has been abandoned on this appeal since there is reference to it neither in the briefs nor in oral argument. Suffice it to say that the denial of these petitions in no way constitutes an abuse of discretion, for under the settled law of this jurisdiction, the trial judge has no authority to modify a sentence once its execution has commenced. This court in State ex rel. Reynolds v. County Court (1960), 11 Wis. (2d) 512, 515, 105 N. W. (2d) 812, reaffirmed the…