By: Derek Hawkins//April 30, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Michael A. Farrell
Case No.: 2016AP2043; 2016AP2044
Officials: Brennan, P.J., Kessler and Dugan, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In these consolidated appeals, Michael A. Farrell, pro se, appeals from a trial court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16) motion for postconviction relief. He also appeals from an order denying his motion for reconsideration. Farrell argues that his postconviction counsel provided constitutionally deficient representation at the postconviction Machner hearing and by failing to raise three additional allegations of trial counsel ineffectiveness. We reject Farrell’s arguments and affirm.