By: Derek Hawkins//February 12, 2020//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Sterling Ross Olsen
Case No.: 2018AP2059-CR
Officials: Blanchard, Kloppenburg and Nashold, JJ.
Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Sterling Olsen appeals a judgment of conviction for armed robbery as a party to the crime and an order denying postconviction relief. Olsen contends that his plea lacked a factual basis; that he did not understand that his plea waived his right to a trial and that he pled only because he felt “scared” and “pressured”; and that his trial counsel was ineffective. Alternatively, Olsen seeks sentence modification on the ground that his sentence was unduly harsh. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we reject these contentions. We affirm.