Postconviction Motion Denied

By: Derek Hawkins//June 6, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Royce O. Bernard

Case No.: 2017AP2162-CR

Officials: BRASH, J.

Focus: Postconviction Motion Denied

Royce O. Bernard appeals from his judgment of conviction, entered by the circuit court upon accepting his guilty plea to one count of carrying a concealed weapon, and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief without granting an evidentiary hearing. In his postconviction motion, Bernard argued that his trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to challenge the credibility of the police officer who testified at the hearing on Bernard’s motion to suppress. The circuit court found that Bernard had not raised sufficient facts to warrant an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

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