State v. Floyd

¶ 1. This case is before the court on certification from the court of appeals pursuant to Wis. Stat. (Rule) § 809.61 (1997-98). The defendant, Warrick D. Floyd, asserts that he is entitled to sentence credit for the time he spent in confinement on an armed robbery charge that was dismissed and read in for purposes of sentencing. Because we determine that Wis. Stat. §973.155(1) requires sentence credit for confinement on charges that are dismissed and read in at sentencing, we reverse and remand for a recalculation of Floyd's sentence credit.

¶ 2. The facts are undisputed. On February 5, 1997,…