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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//July 20, 2015//

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//July 20, 2015//

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Criminal

WI Court of Appeals – District I

Officials: Curley, P.J., Kessler and Brennan, JJ.

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

2013AP1309 State of Wisconsin v. Lavell Deangelo Love

Lavell Deangelo Love appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief under WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2013-14). He asserts that, in his trial for first-degree intentional homicide, his trial counsel was ineffective for requesting a jury instruction on a lesser-included offense that the jury ultimately agreed he committed. He asserts that his postconviction counsel was ineffective in turn for failing to challenge his trial counsel’s ineffectiveness. He seeks a new trial. The circuit court denied the requested relief after conducting an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Decision

Affirmed. Per Curiam

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing attorney at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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