By: Derek Hawkins//February 3, 2016//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Richard W. Novak
Case No.: 2015AP942-CR
Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Hagedorn, J.
Practice Areas: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Richard W. Novak appeals from a judgment of conviction for possession with intent to deliver in excess of forty grams of cocaine and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief vacating the conviction on the basis that trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to attack the warrant authorizing a search of Novak’s residence as unsupported by probable cause. We conclude that the warrant was supported by probable cause and, consequently, on this basis Novak was not deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. Thus, we affirm the judgment and order.