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STATE v. MELTON

Nos. 2011AP1770-CR, 2011AP1771-CR.

834 N.W.2d 345 (2013)

2013 WI 65

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Brandon M. MELTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 11, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner, the cause was argued by Jacob Wittwer , assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant, there was a brief by Kevin M. Gaertner and Law Shield of Wisconsin, LLC, Milwaukee, with oral argument by Kevin M. Gaertner.

DAVID T. PROSSER, J.

¶ 1 The issue presented in this case is whether a circuit court has inherent authority to order the physical destruction of a presentence investigation report (PSI). We review a published decision of the court of appeals,1 reversing an order of the Waukesha County Circuit Court that questioned whether the circuit court had authority to destroy a PSI and declined to do so.

¶ 2 The defendant, Brandon...

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