By: Derek Hawkins//September 12, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Charles Lamar, Jr.
Case No.: 2016AP1121
Officials: Kessler, Brash and Dugan, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Judicial Bias
In this appeal, Lamar first argues that he is not procedurally barred from raising the issues he now advances because the no-merit procedures were not followed. The other issues he raises are: (1) that his right to confront the victim in this case was violated when he was precluded from questioning the victim about his motive to testify; (2) that his trial counsel was ineffective when he failed to introduce into evidence the transcript of the victim’s testimony at his own suppression motion hearing, which is related to Lamar’s argument regarding the victim’s motive for testifying; and (3) that there was judicial bias on the part of the trial court