State Ex Rel. Hanson v. Department of Health & Social Services

June 21, 1971, the defendant was convicted of operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, contrary to sec. 943.23, Stats. The defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate term of not to exceed thirty months, execution of the sentence was stayed and the defendant was placed on probation for thirty months.

Although the defendant states “. . . the issue before the court is not the merits of the revocation, but simply the procedure utilized,” we deem it necessary to set forth the facts in considerable detail.

At the time of the conviction, the defendant was living in Michigan and he was…