City of Madison v. Vernon

Cynthia J. Vernon appeals from an April 28, 1998 order from the Dane County Circuit Court affirming her conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, contrary to § 346.63(1)(a), Stats. The April 28 order was issued after a motion for reconsideration of the circuit courts previous final order. The city argues that § 800.14, Stats., implicitly grants the circuit court the authority to reconsider its own orders and decisions. However, we conclude that the circuit court had no jurisdiction to grant a motion for reconsideration once the record of the case had been certified to the municipal court pursuant to § 800.14(6). Therefore, we vacate the April 28 order and remand the case to the circuit court with instructions to remand to the Madison Municipal Court.