Donaldson v. State

The plaintiff in error (hereinafter the defendant) Freddie Donaldson was sentenced to an indeterminate ten year term for armed robbery to be served consecutively to earlier imposed sentences. He sought modification of the sentence by a postconviction motion brought pursuant to sec. 974.06, Stats. A writ of error was issued to review the trial court’s order denying the relief requested.

The sole issue presented for review is whether Freddie Donaldson was “serving” the underlying Wisconsin sen*309tences under sec. 973.15(1), Stats. 1973, when he was sentenced in this case so as to allow the…