Clark County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Pro se defendants must review their presentence reports in the courthouse as directed by the sentencing judge.

Pro se Defendant: Pro se defendants must review their presentence reports in the courthouse as directed by the sentencing judge.

The court will endeavor to make presentence report copies available ten business days before sentencing for the specified purposes; no other copies may be made, the original is kept in a sealed envelope, and all copies must be returned for destruction immediately after sentencing.

Availability: The court will endeavor to make copies of presentence reports available ten business days in advance of the sentencing date only for these purposes and no other copies may be made. The original will be retained in a sealed envelope in the court file. All copies shall be turned into the court for destruction immediately after sentencing.

Presentence reports are confidential; a represented defendant may review the report only in counsel’s presence, and counsel must ensure that no one but the client reviews it.

Defendant represented by Counsel: Presentence reports are confidential. Clients may only review them in the presence of counsel. Counsel must ensure that no one but the client reviews the PSI.