By: Derek Hawkins//November 13, 2019//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Robert C. Washington
Case No.: 2018AP1771-CR
Officials: Brash, P.J., Kessler and Dugan, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Robert C. Washington appeals a judgment of conviction, following guilty pleas, of one count of first-degree reckless homicide and one count of first-degree reckless injury. On appeal, Washington contends that: (1) trial counsel was ineffective for failing to advise Washington about the possibility of requesting instructions at trial for lesser-included offenses; (2) newly discovered evidence in the form of W.W.’s acknowledgment that he threw a basketball at Washington warrants plea withdrawal; and (3) alternatively, resentencing is warranted because counsel was ineffective at the sentencing hearing. We address each issue. We affirm.