Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

WI Court of Appeals District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Robert C. Washington

Case No.: 2018AP1771-CR

Officials: Brash, P.J., Kessler and Dugan, JJ.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Robert C. Washington appeals a judgment of conviction, following guilty pleas, of one count of first-degree reckless homicide and one count of first-degree reckless injury. On appeal, Washington contends that: (1) trial counsel was ineffective for failing to advise Washington about the possibility of requesting instructions at trial for lesser-included offenses; (2) newly discovered evidence in the form of W.W.'s acknowledgment that he threw a basketball at Washington warrants plea withdrawal; and (3) alternatively, resentencing is...