By: Derek Hawkins//June 26, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Christopher L. Roalson
Case No.: 2017AP116
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Christopher Roalson, pro se, appeals an order denying without a hearing his motion for postconviction relief, in which he alleged he received ineffective assistance from both his trial and appellate counsel. We conclude Roalson’s motion did not contain sufficient facts to warrant an evidentiary hearing on his assertion that the ineffective assistance of trial counsel claims he now raises were clearly stronger than the challenges his appellate counsel actually pursued on direct appeal. Accordingly, we conclude Roalson has not demonstrated a sufficient reason for failing to raise those claims on direct appeal, and he is therefore procedurally barred from raising them now.