State Ex Rel. Pedersen v. Blessinger

On July 20, 1971, Michael Pedersen pleaded no contest to a state charge of disorderly conduct (sec. 947.01 (1), Stats.) and was fined $50 and costs. He also pleaded no contest to a state charge of operating a vehicle without a license (sec. 343.05) and was fined $35 and costs and was given sixty days in which to pay the fines and costs. When he failed to do so a commitment was issued in which he was ordered to serve not more than twenty and fifteen days in the county jail or until he paid the fines and costs. The record is not clear whether these time limits were originally set at the time of…