By: Derek Hawkins//September 4, 2019//
WI Court of Appeals – District III
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Sean T. Pugh
Case No.: 2016AP2505; 2017AP1619
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: 6th Amendment Violation
Sean Pugh, pro se, appeals two orders denying successive motions and relief he sought through letters he filed in the circuit court seeking the appointment of counsel, postconviction discovery, and postconviction relief from a 2013 judgment of conviction for multiple drug offenses. Pugh has previously filed a direct appeal and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus arising from the same case, both with the assistance of counsel. We conclude that Pugh’s current claims for relief from the judgment of conviction are procedurally barred by the prior proceedings and that the court properly denied Pugh’s request for the appointment of counsel given the procedural posture of the case.