Plea Agreement – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//December 14, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. David C. Taylor

Case No.: 2015AP1931-CR; 2015AP1932-CR; 2015AP1933-CR

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Plea Agreement – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

David Taylor appeals judgments convicting him of eleven felonies and an order denying his postconviction motion for resentencing. Taylor argues that the prosecutor’s sentencing recommendation breached the parties’ plea agreement and that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the breach. We conclude the prosecutor’s recommendation did not breach the plea agreement and, therefore, we affirm.

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