Postconviction Motion Denied

By: Derek Hawkins//March 26, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Raymond L. Nieves

Case No.: 2014AP1623-CR

Officials: Kessler, Brash and Dugan, JJ.

Focus: Postconviction Motion Denied

This case comes before us on remand from the supreme court. The supreme court reversed our decision vacating Raymond L. Nieves’s judgment of conviction and remanding for a new trial. See State v. Nieves, No. 2014AP1623-CR, unpublished slip op. (WI App Apr. 5, 2016) (Nieves I), rev’d, 2017 WI 69, 376 Wis. 2d 300, 897 N.W.2d 363 (Nieves II). On remand, we conclude that the postconviction court properly denied Nieves’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim without holding a hearing. Therefore, we affirm.

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