Plain Error and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//August 9, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Stanley Cleofius Slater

Case No.: 2016AP1355-CR

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

Focus: Plain Error and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Stanley Cleofius Slater appeals from a judgment convicting him of armed robbery as party to a crime (PTAC) and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. He contends that confrontation clause violations warrant a new trial either because of plain error or in the interests of justice or, alternatively, that he received ineffective assistance of counsel such that we should remand for a Machner hearing. We disagree and affirm.

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