2010AP420 State v. Fitzgerald

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//March 1, 2011//

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Criminal Procedure
Ineffective assistance

Ronnel Fitzgerald, pro se, appeals from circuit court orders denying his Wis. Stat. § 974.06 (2009-10) motion and a motion for reconsideration. Fitzgerald’s basic claim is that postconviction counsel should have challenged his trial attorneys’ failure to properly investigate a coercion defense and his second trial attorney’s failure to adequately examine discovery materials. The court rejected the first argument as previously raised and rejected the second argument because Fitzgerald failed to show prejudice. We conclude that denial of the motions was proper, and we affirm the orders. This opinion shall not be published.

2010AP420 State v. Fitzgerald

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

Attorneys: For Appellant: Fitzgerald, Ronnel, pro se; For Respondent: Loebel, Karen A., Milwaukee; Murphy, Anne Christenson, Madison

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