Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 973 - Sentencing.
973.049 - Sentencing; restrictions on contact.

973.049 Sentencing; restrictions on contact.
(1) In this section:
(a) “Co-actor" means any individual who was a party to a crime considered at sentencing, whether or not the individual was charged with or convicted of the crime considered at sentencing.
(b) “Crime considered at sentencing" means any crime for which the defendant was convicted or any read-in crime, as defined in s. 973.20 (1g) (b).
(2) When a court imposes a sentence on an individual or places an individual on probation for the conviction of a crime, the court may prohibit the individual from contacting victims of, witnesses to, or co-actors in, a crime considered at sentencing during any part of the individual's sentence or period of probation if the court determines that the prohibition would be in the interest of public protection. For purposes of the prohibition, the court may determine who are the victims of or witnesses to any crime considered at sentencing.
(3) If a court issues an order under sub. (2), the court shall inform the individual of the prohibition and include the prohibition in the judgment of conviction for the crime.
History: 2005 a. 32; 2011 a. 267.
Sub. (2) plainly allows a sentencing court to prohibit a defendant from contacting victims of a crime considered at sentencing. The statute clearly states the court may impose this prohibition during any part of the defendant's sentence. The statute also grants the court discretion to determine who is a victim of a crime considered at sentencing. State v. Campbell, 2011 WI App 18, 331 Wis. 2d 91, 794 N.W.2d 276, 10-0905.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 973 - Sentencing.

973.01 - Bifurcated sentence of imprisonment and extended supervision.

973.013 - Indeterminate sentence; Wisconsin state prisons.

973.0135 - Sentence for certain serious felonies; parole eligibility determination.

973.014 - Sentence of life imprisonment; parole eligibility determination; extended supervision eligibility determination.

973.015 - Special disposition.

973.017 - Bifurcated sentences; use of guidelines; consideration of aggravating and mitigating factors.

973.02 - Place of imprisonment when none expressed.

973.03 - Jail sentence.

973.032 - Sentence to intensive sanctions program.

973.0335 - Sentencing; restriction on possession of body armor.

973.035 - Transfer to state-local shared correctional facilities.

973.04 - Credit for imprisonment under earlier sentence for the same crime.

973.042 - Child pornography surcharge.

973.043 - Drug offender diversion surcharge.

973.045 - Crime victim and witness assistance surcharge.

973.0455 - Crime prevention funding board surcharge.

973.046 - Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis surcharge.

973.047 - Deoxyribonucleic acid analysis requirements.

973.048 - Sex offender reporting requirements.

973.049 - Sentencing; restrictions on contact.

973.05 - Fines.

973.055 - Domestic abuse surcharges.

973.057 - Global positioning system tracking surcharge.

973.06 - Costs, fees, and surcharges.

973.07 - Failure to pay fine, fees, surcharges, or costs or to comply with certain community service work.

973.075 - Forfeiture of property derived from crime and certain vehicles.

973.076 - Forfeiture proceedings.

973.077 - Burden of proof; liabilities.

973.08 - Records accompanying prisoner.

973.09 - Probation.

973.10 - Control and supervision of probationers.

973.11 - Placements with volunteers in probation program.

973.12 - Sentence of a repeater or persistent repeater.

973.123 - Sentence for certain violent offenses; use of a firearm.

973.125 - Notice of lifetime supervision for serious sex offenders.

973.13 - Excessive sentence, errors cured.

973.135 - Courts to report convictions to the state superintendent of public instruction.

973.137 - Courts to report convictions to the department of transportation.

973.14 - Sentence to house of correction.

973.15 - Sentence, terms, escapes.

973.155 - Sentence credit.

973.16 - Time out.

973.17 - Judgment against a corporation or limited liability company.

973.176 - Notice of restrictions.

973.18 - Notice of rights to appeal and representation.

973.19 - Motion to modify sentence.

973.195 - Sentence adjustment.

973.198 - Sentence adjustment; positive adjustment time.

973.20 - Restitution.

973.25 - Certificates of qualification for employment.