Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

WI Court of Appeals District III

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Joseph P. Pamonicutt

Case No.: 2018AP459-CR

Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

Focus: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Joseph Pamonicutt appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury's verdict, convicting him of one count of aggravated battery and one count of burglary of a building or dwelling, both counts as a party to the crime. He also appeals an order denying him postconviction relief. Pamonicutt contends that his trial attorney provided ineffective assistance by failing to adequately "safeguard" his constitutional rights to testify in his own defense and to confront a witness against him...