Plea Withdrawal

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Armin G. Wand, III

Case No.: 2015AP1366-CR

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

Focus: Plea Withdrawal

Armin Wand, III, contends that: (1) the circuit court wrongly denied his pre-plea motion to suppress statements that he made during one interview session with law enforcement; and (2) the circuit court wrongly denied, without an evidentiary hearing, his post-conviction motion to withdraw his pleas. The State charged Wand with crimes relating to a fire at his residence that caused the death of his three sons, serious injuries to his wife, and the death of his wife’s fetus. The fire occurred on September 7, 2012. Wand made statements to law enforcement in the days immediately after the fire. Wand filed a pre-plea motion to suppress the statements that he made. After an evidentiary hearing, the circuit court granted Wand’s motion as to all of the September 8 statements and denied the motion as to all of the September 9 statements. Wand subsequently entered pleas pursuant to a plea agreement. After sentencing and entry of the judgment of conviction, Wand moved to withdraw his pleas, and the circuit court denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing.

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