By: Derek Hawkins//July 20, 2016//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Clveland F. Powell
Case No.: 2015AP852-CR
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Cleveland Powell, convicted by a jury of three counts of burglary of a building or dwelling and one count of theft of movable property, appeals his convictions and the order denying his postconviction motion for a new trial. Powell alleges his trial attorney was ineffective for failing to call Nicholas Raimondi as a witness at trial and for failing to introduce DNA evidence from a state crime lab report. We agree with Powell’s claim concerning his attorney’s failure to call Raimondi as a witness. We therefore reverse the judgment of convictions and order denying postconviction relief, and remand to the circuit court for further proceedings.