State v. Liebnitz

¶ 1. Defendant David C. Liebnitz (Liebnitz) was charged with multiple felony counts and as a habitual criminal (a repeat offender or repeater) pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 939.62 *274(1991-92).1 Liebnitz and the State of Wisconsin (State) subsequently entered into an agreement in which Lieb-nitz agreed to enter a plea of no contest. The agreement included a sentencing recommendation that could be attained only through application of the repeater statute. The circuit court accepted Liebnitz's no contest plea and imposed the recommended penalty.

*275¶ 2. Liebnitz now contends that the years of incarceration…