State v. Struzik

The State of Wisconsin appeals an order requiring it to reimburse Milwaukee County for transporting James Struzik from a Minnesota prison to Milwaukee for a hearing on his motion for sentence reduction. Struzik is a state prisoner being held in Minne sota as authorized by sec. 46.051, Stats., 1 because Wisconsin does not have enough prison space. Because sec. 782.45(1), Stats., 2 requires the county to pay for transporting a state prisoner to court, and because none of the statutes cited by the county relieve it of this responsibility, we reverse the order.

Section 59.31, Stats., 3 does not…