Postconviction Relief – Jury Instructions

By: Derek Hawkins//November 3, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Martel L. Coffee

Case No.: 2019AP1821-CR

Officials: Brash, C.J., Dugan and White, JJ.

Focus: Postconviction Relief – Jury Instructions

Marte L. Coffee appeals from a judgment, entered on a jury’s verdict, convicting him of one count of armed carjacking. Coffee also appeals from an order denying his postconviction motion. Coffee contends that the trial court erred when it refused to give a lesser-included jury instruction and that the postconviction court erred when it declined to grant relief from the trial court’s error. Upon review, we affirm the judgment and the order.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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