Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//September 29, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Jacob M. Bacon

Case No.: 2019AP2367-CR

Officials: Reilly, P.J., Gundrum and Davis, JJ.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Jacob Bacon appeals a judgment of conviction for first-degree sexual assault of a child and an order denying his postconviction motion. He argues on appeal that he received constitutionally ineffective assistance as a result of his trial attorney’s failure to seek dismissal of the action for an alleged speedy trial violation, as well as his attorney’s failure to object at trial to the admission of a video recording of a forensic interview with the victim. We conclude Bacon’s trial attorney did not perform deficiently because no speedy trial violation occurred, and she strategically declined to object to the video recording’s admission. Accordingly, we affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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