By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//October 25, 2011//
By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//October 25, 2011//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Criminal
Criminal Procedure — ineffective assistance — new trials
Rahim Abdul Jackson, pro se, appeals an order denying his Wis. Stat. § 974.06 (2009-10) motion for postconviction relief.[1] Jackson asserts that his postconviction counsel was ineffective: (1) because he failed to raise trial counsel’s ineffectiveness in questioning Paul Bates about promises made in exchange for Bates’s testimony against Jackson; (2) because he failed to raise trial counsel’s ineffectiveness for failing to interview and call Patrick Reed as a defense witness; and (3) because he failed to argue that Jackson was denied due process by the prosecutor’s misrepresentations of evidence and of the plea agreement with Bates. In addition, Jackson argues that there is newly discovered evidence, which necessitates a new trial. We disagree and affirm. This opinion will not be published.
Dist I, Milwaukee County, McMahon, J., Per Curiam
Attorneys: For Appellant: Jackson, Rahim Abdul, pro se; For Respondent: Loebel, Karen A., Milwaukee; Moeller, Marguerite M., Madison