Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//July 9, 2019//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Dakon M. Martin

Case No.: 2017AP391-CR

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

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Dakon M. Martin appeals pro se from a judgment convicting him of possessing narcotics (methadone) with intent to deliver on his no contest plea and from a postconviction order denying his motion to withdraw his plea due to ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Martin argues that the circuit court erroneously denied him appointed postconviction and appellate counsel after the court allowed his first appointed counsel to withdraw. He also argues that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate an entrapment defense or seek dismissal because the State failed to preserve in evidence or produce in discovery allegedly exculpatory evidence (his cell phone). The record does not bear out any of Martin’s claims. 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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