Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//January 22, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Dante L. Davis

Case No.: 2016AP1721-CR

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

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

A jury convicted Dante Davis of two counts of strangulation and suffocation (domestic abuse), two counts of disorderly conduct (domestic abuse), felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of tetrahydrocannabinols. Davis appeals from the judgment of conviction and from the order denying his postconviction motion seeking a new trial due to the erroneous admission of other acts evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel. We agree with the circuit court that Davis’s postconviction motion did not warrant a hearing. We affirm.

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