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Plea Withdrawal
By: Derek Hawkins//April 29, 2016//
Listen to this articleVenue: WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Miguel Angel Langarica
Case No.: 2015AP1546
Officials: KLOPPENGURG, J.
Miguel Langarica appeals the denial of his postconviction motion to withdraw his plea. Langarica argues that his plea was not entered knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily because, according to Langarica, his “misunderstanding” as to whether he would have to register as a sex offender in Illinois “was based on information provided to him by trial counsel and this misunderstanding undermined the knowing and voluntary nature of his plea.” As I proceed to explain, Langarica fails to show that his misunderstanding was based on incorrect statements by trial counsel. Therefore, Langarica fails to demonstrate a manifest injustice and the circuit court did not err in denying Langarica’s postconviction motion to withdraw his plea.
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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