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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//September 4, 2018//

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//September 4, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Shawn Joseph Brown-Troop

Case No.: 2017AP1254-CR

Officials: Kessler, P.J., Brash and Dugan, JJ.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Shawn Joseph Brown-Troop appeals from a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, convicting him on two counts of armed robbery with the threat of force as a party to a crime. Brown-Troop also appeals from an order that denied his postconviction motion without a hearing. Brown-Troop alleges multiple instances of ineffective assistance from trial counsel and he claims the trial court erred when it denied his request for a new lawyer on the first day of trial. We conclude that trial counsel was not ineffective in his representation of Brown-Troop and that the trial court properly exercised its discretion relative to his request for new counsel and an evidentiary hearing. We therefore affirm the judgment and order.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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