Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//June 29, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. David L. Vickers

Case No.: 2015AP1631-CR

Officials: NEUBAUER, C.J.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

David L. Vickers appeals both from a judgment entered after he was found guilty of misdemeanor retail theft and bail jumping, and an order denying his motion to reverse the judgment based on trial counsel having rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance. Vickers contends that trial counsel should have investigated if John Wright, a passenger in the vehicle with Vickers when Vickers was stopped, had stolen all the property found in Vickers’ car, and that counsel should have moved to suppress that evidence. Vickers has failed to carry his burden of showing that trial counsel was ineffective; thus, we affirm.

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