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Court Error – Plea Colloquy

By: Derek Hawkins//August 19, 2021//

Court Error – Plea Colloquy

By: Derek Hawkins//August 19, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Bryant Taylor Ellis

Case No.: 2020AP115-CR

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Court Error – Plea Colloquy

Bryant Ellis challenges the denial of his postsentencing motion for plea withdrawal. Ellis claims: (1) the circuit court failed to conduct an adequate plea colloquy; (2) his plea was not knowing, intelligent and voluntary; and (3) his trial attorneys were ineffective for not investigating and advising him about a potential presentencing motion for plea withdrawal based on his presentencing psychological evaluation. We reject Ellis’s arguments and affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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