court of appeals certification; for Taylor: Shelley Fite, SPD, Madison Appellate; case activity; review granted, 3/15/12 Guilty Pleas – Plea Colloquy Certified Issue: Whether a plea colloquy’s understating the potential penalty is subject to harmless error analysis, such that if the subsequently-imposed sentence doesn’t exceed the misadvised maximum, plea-withdrawal isn’t supported. The details: Taylor was charged as a repeater… Read more
21. Guilty pleas
State v. Brian K. Little, 2011AP1740-CR, District 4, 1/26/12 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Little: Lane Fitzgerald; case activity The court rejects challenges to § 941.23, carrying concealed weapon, as facially violating the state and federal constitutional right to bear arms. (The statute presently allows concealed carry under specified circumstances, 2011 WI Act 35… Read more
State v. James Lee Johnson, 2012 WI App 21 (recommended for publication); for Johnson: Melinda A. Swartz, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate; case activity The guilty plea colloquy was defective, in that it failed to advise Johnson that the trial court wasn’t obliged to follow the terms of the plea bargain (here: to dismiss and read-in a… Read more
court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); pro se; case activity Plea Withdrawal – Nelson/Bentley Hearing – Exculpatory Evidence Ardell wasn’t entitled to a hearing on his postconviction plea-withdrawal motion premised on alleged suppression of exculpatory evidence. The court holds that, even assuming that the State did withhold exculpatory evidence, the motion failed to… Read more
State v. Charles A. Clayton-Jones, 2010AP2239-CR, District 4, 12/15/11 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); for Clayton-Jones: Martin E. Kohler, Craig S. Powell; case activity Clayton-Jones resolved a 2006 charge (involving sexual assault of a boy) with a plea bargain, in which the state was to recommend 12 years initial confinement. Before sentencing… Read more
on review of unpublished decision; for Cain: Faun M. Moses, SPD, Madison Appellate; case activity; prior post Guilty Plea Procedure – Defendant’s Denial of Element / Manifest Injustice Issues (composed by On Point): 1. Whether, if a defendant at the guilty-plea proceeding explicitly denies the existence of an elemental fact, the trial court must decline to accept… Read more
Gregory L. Payne v. Basinger, 7th Cir No. 10-1869, 11/10/11 seventh circuit decision Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Guilty Pleas – Prejudice The state court erroneously concluded that, because Basinger would have been convicted anyway had he gone to trial, he suffered no prejudice from counsel’s erroneous advice as to the maximum sentence he faced… Read more
court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for Wells: Matthew Murray; case activity Plea Bargaining – Judicial Participation Neither the trial court’s allusion to the disposition it would impose if Wells pleaded guilty (“I’ll probably go along with the recommendation,” but proceeding to trial “would be a whole different ballgame”) nor its own assessment… Read more
