Plea Withdrawal – Right to Counsel

By: Derek Hawkins//January 24, 2022//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Edward R. Lee

Case No.: 2017AP2482

Officials: Brash, C.J., Donald, P.J., and White, J.

Focus: Plea Withdrawal – Right to Counsel

Edward R. Lee appeals pro se from an order of the circuit court denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2019-20) motion. Lee contends that the circuit court erred in denying his attorney’s request to withdraw at the preliminary hearing, he was deprived of his right to counsel at his preliminary hearing, and his subsequent attorneys were ineffective for failing to challenge the preliminary hearing.

We conclude that by entering a plea, Lee waived any complaints he may have about the preliminary hearing. Moreover, we conclude that Lee’s arguments are conclusory and insufficiently plead, thus, the circuit court properly denied Lee’s WIS. STAT. § 974.06 motion. We therefore affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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