Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//May 16, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Maurice D. Johnson

Case No.: 2016AP2275-CR

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Hagedorn, J.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Maurice D. Johnson appeals a judgment convicting him of first-degree sexual assault of a child, strangulation and suffocation, and two counts of child abuse, and an order denying his postconviction motion claiming that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. Johnson argues that the circuit court erred in determining that Johnson could not present evidence of a claimed prior untruthful sexual assault allegation made by one of the victims, and in concluding that trial counsel’s failure to object to alleged hearsay offered by the State was ineffective. We disagree and affirm.

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