Plea & Sentencing – Plea Withdrawal

By: Derek Hawkins//April 10, 2018//

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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.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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