By: Derek Hawkins//March 27, 2019//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Christopher Dion Woodley
Case No.: 2018AP382-CR
Officials: Lundsten, P.J., Sherman and Kloppenburg, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Christopher Dion Woodley appeals a judgment of conviction following a jury trial and an order denying Woodley’s postconviction motion. Woodley contends that: (1) he is entitled to a new trial based on newly discovered evidence in the form of a statement by Woodley’s codefendant, Donovan Jones, which Woodley claims would have supported Woodley’s defense at trial; (2) he is entitled to a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to call Jones as a witness at Woodley’s trial; and (3) he is entitled to sentence modification based on the new factor of Woodley’s history of drug use, which Woodley claims would have supported his eligibility for the Substance Abuse Program (SAP). For the reasons set forth below, we reject these contentions, and affirm.