State v. Dismuke

¶ 1. The issue in this case is whether a circuit court may properly impose as costs against a criminal defendant the expenses associated with executing orders to produce the defendant from prison for court appearances in the case. Defendant Tronnie M. Dismuke was on parole when he was charged with armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon. His parole was revoked, and he was sent to Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin, to begin serving the remainder of his sentence on the parole offense while awaiting trial in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on the two new crimes.

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