Due Process Violation.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

WI Court of Appeals District IV

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Antorn Lamont Roby, Sr.,

Case No.: 2017AP2502

Officials: Sherman, Blanchard and Kloppenburg, JJ.

Focus: Due Process Violation

Antorn Lamont Roby, Sr., appeals an order denying postconviction relief. Roby contends that his constitutional due process right to present a defense was violated when police destroyed field notes taken by separate investigating officers after a single report was created by the lead officer to avoid any inconsistencies between the separate reports. Roby contends that the notes of the investigating officers were potentially useful as impeachment evidence. Roby contends that the State's depriving Roby of the notes was a structural error requiring automatic reversal. Alternatively, he contends that, if the error was not structural, it was not harmless. Finally, Roby seeks a...