Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//November 10, 2015//

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Criminal

WI Court of Appeals – District II

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

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

2014AP2538-CR State of Wisconsin v. Matthew L. Dennis

Matthew Dennis appeals from a judgment of conviction of four counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. He claims that his trial counsel was constitutionally deficient by failing to object to the amendment of the information to add three counts, by failing to request a unanimity jury instruction, by failing to object at the jury trial to the admission of other acts evidence and a part of an expert’s testimony, and by not protecting Dennis’s right to a speedy trial. He also claims that the circuit court impermissibly excluded testimony and argument at the Machner hearing. We reject his claims and affirm the judgment and order.

Affirmed.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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