Sentence Modification

By: Derek Hawkins//April 1, 2019//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Ronnel Fitzgerald

Case No.: 2017AP1307-CR

Officials: Stark, P.J, Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Sentence Modification

This is another in a series of pro se postconviction motions filed by Ronnel Fitzgerald. His latest motion claims the circuit court’s rationale for an accomplice’s sentence is a new factor warranting modification of Fitzgerald’s sentence. We affirm the court’s conclusion that nothing new has been presented and Fitzgerald’s claim is procedurally barred because he could have raised it in any of his many prior postconviction motions. Accordingly, we affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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