Sufficiency of Evidence – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

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Criminal

WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J., Lundsten and Higginbotham, JJ.

Sufficiency of Evidence – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

2014AP433-CR State of Wisconsin v. Patrick J. Gage

Patrick Gage appeals a judgment convicting him of two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child under thirteen years of age and one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of sixteen and an order denying him postconviction relief. He was acquitted on another count involving the same victim and two additional counts involving a different child. Gage challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdicts; raises three claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; requests a new trial in the interest of justice; and, alternatively, seeks resentencing based upon a new factor, undue reliance on a single factor, or a determination that his sentences were unduly harsh. For the reasons set forth below, we reject each of these claims and affirm the judgment of conviction and postconviction order. We incorporate the relevant facts and standard of review in our discussion of each issue.

Decision

Affirmed. Per Curiam.

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