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Wisconsin Statutes Criminal Procedure (Ch. 967 to 980) § 973.123. Sentence for certain violent offenses; use of a firearm

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) In this section, “violent felony” means any felony under s. 943.23(1m), 1999stats., * * * s. 943.23(1r), 1999 stats., or s. 943.23(1g), 2021 stats., or s. 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.08, 940.09, 940.10, 940.19, 940.195, 940.198, 940.20, 940.201, 940.203, 940.204, 940.21, 940.225, 940.23, 940.235, 940.285(2), 940.29, 940.295(3), 940.30, 940.302, 940.305, 940.31, 940.43(1) to (3), 940.45(1) to (3), 941.20, 941.26, 941.28, 941.29, 941.292, 941.30, 941.327(2)(b)3. or 4., 943.02, 943.04, 943.06, 943.10(2), 943.231(1), 943.32, 943.87, 946.43, 948.02(1) or (2), 948.025, 948.03, 948.04, 948.05, 948.051, 948.06, 948.07, 948.08, 948.085, or 948.30.

(2) A court shall impose a bifurcated sentence under s. 973.01 if the court sentences a person for committing a violent felony and the court finds that all of the following are true:

(a) At the time the person committed the violent felony, he or she was subject to s. 941.29 because he or she was convicted of, adjudicated delinquent for, or found not guilty of by reason of mental disease or defect, committing, soliciting, conspiring, or attempting to commit a prior violent felony.

(b) The person used a firearm in the commission of the violent felony for which the court is imposing the sentence.

(3) The confinement portion of a bifurcated sentence imposed pursuant to sub. (2) shall be:

(a) Not less than 5 years if the violent felony is a Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, or Class G felony.

(b) Not less than 3 years if the violent felony is a Class H felony.

(c) Not less than one year and 6 months if the violent felony is a Class I felony.

(4) If a court sentences a person under this section and also imposes a sentence pursuant to s. 941.29(4m) arising from the same occurrence, the court shall order the person to serve the sentences consecutively.

(5) This section does not apply to sentences imposed after July 1, 2020.

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