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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//October 19, 2016//

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//October 19, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Kevin Raymont Evans

Case No.: 2015AP2315-CR

Officials: Reilly, P.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Kevin Evans appeals from a judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of possession with intent to deliver cocaine (>5-15g) and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. We reject his claims that defense counsel was ineffective and that a police officer’s testimony, allowed to be admitted as expert testimony, did not pass muster under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993). We affirm.

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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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