Village of McFarland v. Zetzman

¶ 1.

This procedural opinion ad-

dresses a threshold jurisdictional question. The question is whether a party may appeal a traffic forfeiture disposition based on a docket entry, rather than a written final order, when a municipal court decision has been appealed to a circuit court. The resolution of this question turns on an interpretation of the phrase "prosecuted in circuit court" in Wis. Stat. § 808.03(l)(c) (2009-10).1

¶ 2. In this case, Jennifer Zetzman was convicted in municipal court of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration. Zetzman…