By: Derek Hawkins//December 7, 2016//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Marquis J. Chapman
Case No.: 2015AP2133-CR
Officials: Curley, P.J., Kessler and Brash, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Sentencing
Marquis J. Chapman appeals a judgment of conviction entered upon his guilty pleas to two counts of delivering not more than three grams of heroin and one count of possessing with intent to deliver more than fifteen grams of cocaine but less than forty grams of cocaine. He also appeals a postconviction order that denied his motion for plea withdrawal, or, alternatively, resentencing. On appeal, he contends that his trial counsel was ineffective and that the circuit court coerced his guilty pleas and erroneously exercised its sentencing discretion. We reject his many claims and affirm