State Ex Rel. Parker v. Sullivan

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State of Wisconsin, ex rel. Elnora Parker v. Patrick J. Fiedler, 180 Wis. 2d 438, 509 N.W.2d 440 (Ct. App. 1993), reversing a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Robert W. Landry, circuit judge. The circuit court dismissed the petitions for writs of certiorari, concluding that the Department of Corrections had correctly computed Gerald Turner's mandatory release date. Examining the same statute, the court of appeals concluded that the Department of Corrections had erred.

The court of appeals justifies its…