Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

WI Court of Appeals District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Steven L, Buckingham

Case No.: 2017AP1852-CR

Officials: DUGAN, J.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Steven L. Buckingham appeals from the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, convicting him of one count of first-degree reckless injury with use of a dangerous weapon, and two counts of felony bail jumping. He also appeals the order denying his postconviction motion.

On appeal, Buckingham argues that trial counsel was ineffective because trial counsel: (1) failed to object to testimony about two handguns that were unrelated to the charges; (2) failed to obtain the testimony of a police officer who would have testified that the victim initially said he did not know who shot him; (3) failed to object to an in-court identification by a witness who failed to identify Buckingham in a photo array; (4) failed to object to a detective's nonresponsive hearsay testimony that a person whose DNA was found on a T-shirt said he knew Buckingham; and (5) failed to alert the jury to the lack of corroborative evidence regarding the alleged motive for the shooting, a feud on Facebook. Buckingham maintains that he was prejudiced by each of these deficiencies and by their cumulative effect. He also...