By: Derek Hawkins//April 9, 2019//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Michael Wade
Case No.: 2018AP614-CR
Officials: BRASH, J.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Michael Wade appeals his judgment of conviction entered after a jury convicted him of misdemeanor intimidation of a witness and two counts of knowingly violating a domestic abuse injunction, all charged as a habitual criminality repeater. He also appeals an order of the circuit court denying his postconviction motion.
Wade argues that his trial counsel had an actual conflict of interest because he had previously represented the victim in Wade’s case. The court that heard his postconviction motion found that the situation was brought to the trial court’s attention and that Wade had personally waived any conflict, which was sufficient to establish the waiver of any conflict that may have existed. We affirm.