By: Derek Hawkins//November 10, 2015//
Criminal
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Gundrum, J.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
2014AP290 State of Wisconsin v. Ronnie L. Famous
Ronnie L. Famous appeals from an order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2013-14) postconviction motion for a new trial on grounds including ineffective assistance of counsel, newly discovered evidence, and failure to try the controversy fully. We reject Famous’s contentions with the exception that, as the State concedes, he is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on whether postconviction counsel was ineffective for failing to raise the ineffective assistance of trial counsel who did not call two witnesses to testify on Famous’s behalf. Thus, we reverse in part and remand for an evidentiary hearing on that claim, but otherwise affirm.
Reversed and remanded in part.
Affirmed in Part.