Sufficiency of Evidence and Jury Instructions

By: Derek Hawkins//August 24, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Travanti D. Schmidt

Case No.: 2018AP2128-CR

Officials: Kloppenburg, Graham, and Nashold, JJ.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence and Jury Instructions

Travanti Schmidt appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of assault by a prisoner. He also appeals the circuit court order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Schmidt raises three issues on appeal. First, he argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction. Second, he contends that the charging documents and jury instructions were duplicitous because they failed to specify which of two correctional officers was the target of the charged assault. Third, Schmidt argues that his trial counsel was ineffective by not objecting to the jury instructions on the basis that they violated Schmidt’s right to a unanimous verdict. We reject all of Schmidt’s arguments and affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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