Village of Thiensville v. Olsen

Section 805.17(3), Stats., states in pertinent part: "Upon its own motion ... the court may amend, its findings or conclusions or make additional findings or conclusions and may amend the judgment accordingly." Jon R. Olsen, the defendant in this oper ating while intoxicated case, maintains that before the trial court can exercise its authority to reconsider on its own, either the parties or the court must have previously considered the legal issue upon which the court now wishes to comment. We have two responses. First, there are no prerequisites established by the statute except perhaps…