Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//September 23, 2015//

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Criminal

WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J., Lundsten and Blanchard, JJ.

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

2014AP2302-CR State of Wisconsin v. Carlos Aguirre Rivera

Carlos Aguirre Rivera appeals judgments convicting him of four counts of violating a domestic abuse injunction and four counts of bail jumping. Rivera also appeals an order denying his postconviction motion. Rivera contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial when his attorney failed to obtain a stipulation to prevent the jury from hearing that the bail jumping charges arose from conduct that occurred while Rivera was on bond in cases charging strangulation and felony intimidation of a victim. We agree that Rivera was denied the effective assistance of counsel. We reverse.

Decision

Reversed and Remanded

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