By: Derek Hawkins//October 11, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Georgette C. Martinez
Case No.: 2016AP1990-CR; 2016AP1991-CR
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Georgette Martinez appeals judgments convicting her of delivering heroin and an order denying her postconviction motion, in which she alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Martinez contends: (1) her attorney was ineffective because he misplaced a written statement Martinez intended to read at the sentencing hearing, thereby requiring her to speak extemporaneously, compromising her right of allocution; and (2) counsel failed to withdraw after Martinez allegedly notified him that she wanted to hire a different attorney for the sentencing hearing, violating her right to an attorney of her choosing. We reject these arguments and affirm the judgments and order.