By: Derek Hawkins//June 7, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Michael S. Thompson-Jones
Case No.: 2016AP361-CR
Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J, Sherman, and Blanchard, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
At a jury trial Michael Thompson-Jones was convicted of battery, disorderly conduct, and second-degree sexual assault—use or threat of force or violence. He appeals the judgment of conviction and the order denying his motion for post-conviction relief, based primarily on arguments that: (1) his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to request a jury instruction for the lesser-included offense of third-degree sexual assault; (2) trial counsel was ineffective in making inadequate use of a written statement that the alleged victim gave police; and (3) the evidence was insufficient to prove that he used or threatened force or violence to have nonconsensual sexual intercourse with the victim. We reject each argument and accordingly affirm.