By: Derek Hawkins//July 26, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Clarence Benjamin Taylor
Case No.: 2016AP240
Officials: Kloppenburg, P.J., Sherman and Blanchard, JJ.
Focus: Court Error – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Clarence Taylor appeals a judgment of conviction for armed robbery as party to a crime and an order denying postconviction relief. Taylor contends that: (1) the circuit court erred by allowing testimony by an officer not listed on the State’s amended witness list; (2) Taylor’s trial counsel was ineffective by failing to object to part of the victim’s testimony and part of the State’s closing argument; and (3) the State made an improper closing argument that amounted to plain error. For the reasons set forth below, we reject these contentions. We affirm.