Plea Withdrawal and Sentence Modification

By: Derek Hawkins//February 27, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Alejandro D. Sanchez-Morales

Case No.: 2016AP2033-CR; 2016AP2034-CR

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

Focus: Plea Withdrawal and Sentence Modification

In these consolidated matters, Alejandro D. Sanchez-Morales appeals from judgments entered upon his guilty pleas to five counts across two cases and an order denying his postconviction motion for plea withdrawal and sentence modification. Sanchez-Morales argues that the circuit court improperly denied (1) his motions to exclude and suppress evidence seized from his cell phone, (2) his postconviction motion for plea withdrawal based on the ineffective assistance of counsel, and (3) his postconviction sentence modification motion. We reject his arguments and affirm.

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