State v. Johnson

¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State v. Johnson, 2008 WI App 34, 307 Wis. 2d 735, 746 N.W.2d 581 [hereinafter Elandis Johnson].1 The decision affirmed an order of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Timothy M. Witkowiak, Judge, denying Elandis D. Johnson's (Johnson) post-conviction motion for additional sentence credit.

¶ 2. This review requires the court to interpret Wis. Stat. § 973.155 (2007-08),2 Wisconsin's sentence credit statute. The statute mandates that a convicted offender's sentence be credited with "all days spent in custody in connection…