Postconviction Relief – Evidentiary Hearing

By: Derek Hawkins//February 8, 2022//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Lamont Donnell Sholar

Case No.: 2019AP1636

Officials: Donald, P.J., Dugan and White, JJ.

Focus: Postconviction Relief – Evidentiary Hearing

Lamont Donnell Sholar, pro se, appeals his judgment of conviction for five counts related to sex trafficking and the circuit court order denying his motion for postconviction relief without a hearing. Sholar requested an evidentiary hearing on his claim of ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel for failing to pursue claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel based on the failure to move to suppress hotel room evidence and failure to investigate a cell phone the alleged victim gave the police. Sholar fails to show that his claims now are clearly stronger than the claims pursued by postconviction counsel; therefore, his claims do not overcome the procedural bar for successive postconviction motions. Accordingly, we affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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