Court Error – Abuse of Discretion

By: Derek Hawkins//September 12, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. DeWayne D. Knight

Case No.: 2017AP366

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.

Focus: Court Error – Abuse of Discretion

DeWayne Knight appeals pro se from a circuit court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16) motion without a hearing. We conclude that the circuit court properly exercised its discretion when it denied Knight’s motion without a hearing because trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to the jury instruction on armed robbery and to the victim’s at trial identification of Knight. We affirm.

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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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