By: Derek Hawkins//January 10, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Christopher T. Seiler
Case No.: 2015AP2479
Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Christopher Seiler appeals pro se from a circuit court order denying without an evidentiary hearing his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015- 16) motion (1) challenging a statement he made to his probation officer and alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel relating to that statement, and (2) seeking resentencing because the circuit court relied upon inaccurate information at sentencing and his trial counsel was ineffective. We agree with the circuit court that Seiler’s challenges to any aspect of the statement he made to his probation officer are barred by State v. Escalona-Naranjo, 185 Wis. 2d 168, 517 N.W.2d 157 (1994). We further conclude that the circuit court did not rely upon inaccurate information at sentencing. We affirm.