Criminal Procedure — ineffective assistance

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

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Criminal Procedure — ineffective assistance

Antuan V. Little appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of thirteen and one count of exposing a child to harmful material. He also appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. He argues: (1) that his lawyer ineffectively assisted him because his lawyer should have sought admission of evidence that the child victim, Jasmine B., made what he characterizes as prior untruthful allegations of sexual assault against another man; (2) that he is entitled to a new trial in the interest of justice because the allegedly untruthful allegations were not admitted at trial; and (3) that his lawyer ineffectively represented him by failing to object to the prosecutor’s statements in closing argument about Jasmine B.’s recantation of the accusation against him and by failing to elicit additional testimony showing inconsistencies in her accounts of the sexual assault. We reject these arguments. Therefore, we affirm. This opinion will not be published.

2011AP2431-CR State v. Little

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

Attorneys: For Appellant: Koesser, Hans P., Kenosha; For Respondent: Loebel, Karen A., Milwaukee; Moeller, Marguerite M., Madison