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Wis. Stat. § 975.01 (2026)
End of commitments; declaration of policy
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975.01(2)(2) The legislature finds and declares that persons violating s. 940.225, 948.02, 948.025 or 948.06 or committing crimes when motivated by a desire for sexual excitement may be in need of specialized treatment. The legislature intends that the department should provide treatment for those persons.
975.01 AnnotationThe trial court had no authority to vacate a sex crimes act commitment for the purpose of sentencing the offender under the criminal code. State v. Machner, 101 Wis. 2d 79, 303 N.W.2d 633 (1981).
975.01 AnnotationRepeal of the Wisconsin Sex Crimes Act. Ransley. 1980 WLR 941.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1975–1995 · leading case: Moore v. State, 265 N.W.2d 540 (Wis. 1978).
Moore v. State, 265 N.W.2d 540 (Wis. 1978). “The defendant was committed to the Department of Health & Social Services for a sixty-day presentence examination pursuant to sec. 975.01, Stats. The presentence report returned to the trial court included a psychiatrist's report stating that the defendant had admitted…”
State v. MacHner, 303 N.W.2d 633 (Wis. 1981). “He was committed to the Winnebago Mental Health Institute pursuant to sec. 975.01, Stats. 1975, for a determination of his need for specialized treatment as a sex deviate.”
Mitchell v. State, 230 N.W.2d 884 (Wis. 1975). “The defendant having been convicted of rape was committed to the department of health and social services for a presentence to social, physical and mental examination pursuant to sec. 975.01, Stats. [1] Such examination may not exceed sixty days under sec.”
Lessard v. Schmidt, 413 F. Supp. 1318 (E.D. Wis. 1976). “§§ 975.01, 975.02 (1972 Supp.), the purpose of the State Mental Health Act is clearly different.”
State Ex Rel. Watts v. Combined Cmty. Servs. Bd. of Milwaukee Cnty., 362 N.W.2d 104 (Wis. 1985). “117, Laws of 1979 repealed sec. 975.01, Stats. 1977, and recreated it to preclude commitment under ch.”
State v. Kruzycki, 531 N.W.2d 429 (Wis. Ct. App. 1995). “117 repealed, among other provisions, § 975.01, STATS. 1977, the mandatory-commitment provision, and re-created it to read, "No person may be committed under this chapter after [July 1, 1980].”
State v. Hungerford, 267 N.W.2d 258 (Wis. 1978). “See, sec. 975.01, Stats. (1975); sec. 940.225(1)-(3) and (5)(h), Stats.”
Schmidt v. State, 228 N.W.2d 751 (Wis. 1975). “*515 Following his conviction on a plea of guilty entered before the Dane county court, the defendant was again committed to the department for a presentence social, physical and mental examination pursuant to sec. 975.01, Stats. The department recommended to the Dane county…”
Milewski v. State, 248 N.W.2d 70 (Wis. 1976). “Is the defendant entitled to credit on his commitment for time spent at Central State Hospital under temporary commitment for presentence social, physical and mental examination, as required by sec. 975.01, Stats., and for time spent in confinement awaiting a Huebner- type 1…”
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