By: Derek Hawkins//June 1, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Christopher D. Jacob
Case No.: 2016AP1020-CR
Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Gundrum, J.
Focus: Plea Withdrawl
Christopher D. Jacob appeals from two judgments entered upon his pleas of no contest to bail jumping, repeated sexual assault of a child, and second-degree sexual assault. Jacob further appeals from two orders denying his motion and supplemental motion to vacate his pleas. He argues that the circuit court should have permitted him to withdraw his pleas because his counsel was ineffective by failing to show him recordings and summaries of forensic interviews of the children who alleged he had sexually assaulted them, and he discovered new evidence in the form of a letter from the mother of one of the children offering to influence the children into recanting their original allegations in exchange for payment. We conclude that the circuit court properly denied Jacob’s motions and, thus, we affirm the judgments and orders.