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01-3445-CR State v. Braden

By: dmc-admin//October 21, 2002//

01-3445-CR State v. Braden

By: dmc-admin//October 21, 2002//

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Alvin Braden appeals from a judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of one count of delivery of a controlled substance, cocaine (5 grams of cocaine or less), as party to a crime and within 1,000 feet of a school, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. He also appeals from an order denying his postconviction motion. Braden claims: (1) the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion when it allowed the State to introduce “other acts” evidence; (2) he was denied due process by the State’s improper closing argument; and (3) his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object to the improper closing argument.

Because the trial court did not erroneously exercise its discretion in allowing the other acts evidence; because the closing argument was not improper; and because defense counsel’s failure to object during closing argument did not constitute ineffective assistance, we affirm.

This opinion will not be published.

Dist I, Milwaukee County, Schellinger, J., Per Curiam

Attorneys:

For Appellant: James R. Lucius, Greenfield

For Respondent: Robert D. Donohoo, Milwaukee; Kathleen M. Ptacek, Madison

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