State v. Dowdy

¶ 1. The State appeals from a circuit court order granting Carl Dowdy's request to reduce the period of Dowdy's probation from ten years to seven years. We conclude that the court had neither statutory nor inherent authority to order the reduction. The plain language of Wis. Stat. § 973.09(3)(a) (2007-08)1 does not authorize the circuit court to reduce Dowdy's probation period. Furthermore, whether or not circuit courts possess inherent authority to reduce a period of probation that is comparable to the inherent authority courts possess to reduce a sen*449tence, courts have no inherent authority…