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Pleas & Sentencing – Sentence Credit

By: Derek Hawkins//May 31, 2016//

Pleas & Sentencing – Sentence Credit

By: Derek Hawkins//May 31, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Shane A. Clark

Case No.: 2015AP141-CR; 2014AP142-CR

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

Focus: Pleas & Sentencing – Sentence Credit

In these consolidated appeals, Shane A. Clark challenges judgments of conviction based on negotiated pleas and orders denying his motion for postconviction relief. Clark contends that he is entitled to 320 days of sentence credit because defense counsel was ineffective for failing to take the appropriate steps to secure Clark’s right to this amount of sentence credit. Clark also contends that no factual basis exists to support two of his convictions and therefore they must be vacated. The circuit court denied Clark’s motions after a hearing. We affirm.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner 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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