Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//August 10, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Rodell Thompson

Case No.: 2015AP1764-CR

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

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Rodell Thompson was convicted, following a jury trial, of second-degree sexual assault, false imprisonment, and misdemeanor battery. Thompson argues that the circuit court erroneously admitted other acts evidence. He also argues that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance

when trial counsel failed to impeach the alleged victim, S.S., about her assertion relating to being forced to urinate on a basement floor and when trial counsel made an inadequate argument in support of a request for an in camera review of S.S.’s mental health records. We reject all of Thompson’s arguments, and affirm.

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