By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//January 3, 2013//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Criminal
Criminal Procedure — ineffective assistance
Elliot V. Landrum, pro se, appeals from an order of the circuit court, which denied his Wis. Stat. § 974.06 motion for postconviction relief without a hearing. Landrum alleged that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel when his attorney allowed him to enter guilty pleas without (1) fully litigating a suppression motion and (2) obtaining an express ruling on Landrum’s competency. Landrum also contends that the prosecutor abused his discretion in charging Landrum with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, a charge Landrum believes was never supported by the facts. The circuit court rejected the motion, concluding that the guilty pleas forfeited any right to pursue the suppression motion; there was no basis on which the circuit court could have found Landrum incompetent; and the prosecutor did not abuse his charging discretion but, in any event, Landrum pled to a lesser charge and so was not prejudiced by the original charge. We affirm the order. This opinion shall not be published.
Dist I, Milwaukee County, Sankovitz, J., Per Curiam
Attorneys: For Appellant: Landrum, Elliott V., pro se; For Respondent: Loebel, Karen A., Milwaukee; O’Brien, Daniel J., Madison