By: Derek Hawkins//December 6, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Artillis Mitchell
Case No.: 2016AP2394-CR
Officials: Brennan, P.J., Brash and Dugan, JJ.
Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence
Artillis Mitchell appeals from a judgment of conviction for one count of first-degree sexual assault by use of a dangerous weapon, as an act of domestic abuse, contrary to WIS. STAT. §§ 940.225(1)(b) and 968.075(1)(a) (2013-14). He also appeals from an order denying his postconviction motion. Mitchell challenges the sufficiency of the evidence used to convict him and asserts that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object to the admission of a utility knife recovered from Mitchell when he was arrested. We reject Mitchell’s arguments and affirm.