By: Derek Hawkins//July 17, 2019//
WI Supreme Court
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Tyrus Lee Cooper
Case No.: 2019 WI 73
Focus: Plea Withdrawal
Mr. Tyrus Lee Cooper moved the circuit court, prior to sentencing, to withdraw his guilty plea. The circuit court refused his request. Two years later, we disciplined his attorney (Michael J. Hicks) for professional misconduct that included his handling of Mr. Cooper’s defense. Mr. Cooper believes our opinion in that disciplinary proceeding proved his counsel had provided ineffective assistance in his criminal case. That, he says, is a “fair and just reason” for withdrawing his plea. We disagree.
Affirmed
Concur:
Dissent: DALLET, J. dissents, joined by A.W. BRADLEY, J. (opinion filed).