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Court Error – Plea Withdrawal

By: Derek Hawkins//May 3, 2017//

Court Error – Plea Withdrawal

By: Derek Hawkins//May 3, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Noah M. Sanders

Case No.: 2016AP2387-CR

Officials: Blanchard, J.

Focus: Court Error – Plea Withdrawal

Noah Sanders appeals a judgment convicting him of four misdemeanors: two counts of intimidation of a victim and two counts of contact with the same victim after a domestic abuse arrest. The judgment was entered after the circuit court accepted Sanders’ guilty pleas to these charges, together with other charges in other cases, at a single hearing. Sanders also appeals the order denying his post-conviction request to withdraw the two pleas to intimidation of a victim, on the ground that the circuit court erred in determining that there was a sufficient factual basis to support these two pleas. I conclude that the court properly exercised its discretion in denying the post-conviction motion and accordingly affirm that decision and the judgment of conviction

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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