By: Derek Hawkins//February 28, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. John W. Clardy
Case No.: 2015AP2554-CR
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
John Clardy appeals a judgment convicting him of delivering heroin within 1000 feet of a park, two counts of delivering heroin, conspiracy to deliver heroin, and possession of THC. He also appeals an order denying his postconviction motion in which he alleged ineffective assistance of
trial counsel. He contends his trial counsel was ineffective for (1) failing to object to the introduction of a threatening statement that he made in a jail telephone call and (2) failing to object to the prosecutor’s closing rebuttal argument that there was “nothing to refute” the State’s evidence. Because we conclude Clardy failed to establish ineffective assistance of trial counsel, we affirm the judgment and order.