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Postconviction Relief – Multiplicitous Conviction

By: Derek Hawkins//July 5, 2017//

Postconviction Relief – Multiplicitous Conviction

By: Derek Hawkins//July 5, 2017//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Anthony Lamont Johnson

Case No.: 2016AP745-CR

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

Focus: Postconviction Relief – Multiplicitous Conviction

Anthony Lamont Johnson appeals a judgment of conviction entered following a jury trial and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. He argues that his convictions for strangulation and suffocation in violation of WIS. STAT. § 940.235(1) (2015-16)1, and for battery in violation of WIS. STAT. § 940.19(1), are multiplicitous, and requests that this Court vacate his battery conviction. Because we conclude that neither offense is included in the other under WIS. STAT. § 939.66(1), 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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