By: Derek Hawkins//April 10, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Ricardo L. Concepcion
Case No.: 2016AP1284-CR
Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Hagedorn, J
Focus: Plea & Sentencing – Plea Withdrawal
Ricardo L. Concepcion pled no contest to ten counts of possession of child pornography under WIS. STAT. § 948.12(1m) (2015-16) and was sentenced to nine years’ initial confinement followed by six years’ extended supervision. Concepcion argues that he should be allowed to withdraw his no contest plea as the circuit court imposed an unduly harsh sentence, trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective at sentencing, and the court erroneously denied a pretrial suppression motion. We affirm; the search of Concepcion’s home was a private-party search rather than a government search, Concepcion’s sentence was a proper exercise of discretion, and Concepcion’s trial counsel did not perform deficiently at sentencing.