By: Derek Hawkins//November 9, 2016//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Cynthia Caldwell
Case No.: 2015AP2222-CR
Officials: Curley, P.J., Brennan and Brash, JJ.
Focus: Court Error
Cynthia Caldwell appeals a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found her guilty of keeping a drug house and of possession with intent to deliver more than fifteen but less than forty grams of cocaine, both as a party to a crime. See Wis. Stat. §§ 961.42(1), 961.41(1m)(cm)3., & 939.05 (2013-14). She also appeals the order denying her postconviction motion. On appeal, Caldwell makes three arguments: (1) the trial court erred when it denied her a new trial based on a violation of her right against self-incrimination and her trial attorney’s related ineffective assistance; (2) the trial court erred when it denied her a new trial based on her trial attorney’s ineffective assistance for failing to present relevant evidence regarding the nature of her relationship with Joshua Sloan, her co-actor; and (3) alternatively, the trial court erred when it denied her motion for sentence modification or resentencing. We disagree and affirm.