Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//May 23, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Anthony Hill

Case No.: 2017AP957-CR

Officials: Sherman, Blanchard and Kloppenburg, JJ.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Anthony Hill appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion. Hill contends that his trial counsel was ineffective by: (1) failing to object to police testimony that an anonymous citizen had reported that Hill committed the robbery; and (2) failing to object to Hill’s supervising probation and parole agent’s testimony that the agent was 99.9% sure that Hill was the person whose image was captured in a still photograph taken from the surveillance videotape of the robbery. Alternatively, Hill seeks a new trial in the interest of justice. We reject Hill’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, and we decline to order a new trial in the interest of justice. Accordingly, we affirm.

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