By: Derek Hawkins//February 11, 2020//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Hector M. Martin-Andrade
Case No.: 2018AP1345-CR
Officials: Brash, P.J., Kessler and Reilly, JJ.
Focus: Plain Error
Hector M. Martin-Andrade appeals a judgment convicting him of first-degree sexual assault of a child. He also appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Martin-Andrade argues: (1) the circuit court erred when it denied his third motion to adjourn the trial; (2) the circuit court erred when it permitted the State’s expert witness to testify beyond the scope of the summary she provided prior to trial; (3) it was plain error for the prosecutor to argue in closing that the victim lost her sexual innocence at the hands of the defendant; and (4) the circuit court erred when it denied his ineffective assistance of counsel claim without a hearing. We affirm.