State v. Sprosty

¶1. The State seeks review of a decision of the court of appeals1 reversing an order of the circuit court for Crawford County, Honorable Michael T. Kirchman. The circuit court initially ordered supervised release of the defendant, Larry Sprosty, under Wis. Stat. ch. 980 (1995-96),2 the sexual predator law. However, when the county submitted its plan to not release Sprosty because of inadequate resources, the circuit court denied his supervised release. The court of appeals reversed.

¶ 2. The State has presented four issues for our review: (1) is the availability of a facility within the…