Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//July 25, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Billy J. Staves

Case No.: 2016AP609-CR

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

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Billy Staves appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of receiving between $2500 and $5000 worth of stolen property; burglary while armed with a dangerous weapon; and eight counts of theft of movable property (firearms), with all ten crimes as a repeater and all but the receiving stolen property count as party to a crime. Staves also appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Staves argues he is entitled to a new trial based on the ineffective assistance of his trial counsel. We reject Staves’s arguments and affirm the judgment and order.

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