Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Marcus M. Henry

Case No.: 2015AP92-CR

Officials: Reilly, P.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Marcus Henry appeals from a judgment convicting him of possessing cocaine with intent to deliver and maintaining a drug trafficking place and from an order denying his postconviction motion seeking a new trial due to ineffective assistance of trial counsel. On appeal, Henry argues that the search warrant was not supported by probable cause and other acts evidence was admitted at trial that exceeded the scope of the pretrial circuit court order admitting such evidence. We are not persuaded by Henry’s arguments. We further hold that Henry forfeited his argument that the judge who issued the search warrant should not have presided over Henry’s motion to suppress challenging the search warrant as not supported by probable cause. We affirm the judgment of conviction and the order denying the postconviction motion.

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