By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//November 12, 2014//
By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//November 12, 2014//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Criminal
Criminal Procedure — Confrontation Clause — ineffective assistance
Rudolph D. Powells, pro se, appeals an order of the circuit court that denied his postconviction motion for relief under Wis. Stat. § 974.06 (2011-12) without a hearing. Powells complains that the circuit court violated his right to confrontation by allowing certain testimony at trial and that trial counsel was ineffective for not challenging that testimony or the State’s ballistics expert’s testimony. We conclude that the circuit court properly denied the motion, so we affirm the order. This opinion shall not be published.
2012AP2688 State v. Powells
Dist I, Milwaukee County, Wagner, J., Per Curiam
Attorneys: For Appellant: Powells, Rudolph D., pro se; For Respondent: Loebel, Karen A., Milwaukee; Probst, Robert, Madison