Ineffective Assistance Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//August 30, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Marquis Omar Gilliam

Case No.: 2016AP1101

Officials: Brennan, P.J., Kessler and Dugan, JJ

Focus: Ineffective Assistance Counsel

Marquis Omar Gilliam appeals from an order of the circuit court that denied his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16) motion for a new trial without a hearing. Gilliam claims his postconviction attorney was ineffective for failing to make a particular ineffective-assistance claim against trial counsel. We reject Gilliam’s arguments and affirm the circuit court’s order.

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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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