State v. Curtis

Gary Curtis appeals from his convic-

tion for delivering drugs pursuant to §§ 161.41(l)(h)l and 161.41(l)(cm)l, STATS., 1993-94. He contests several aspects of his trial. We consider the two most important issues to be whether it is necessary to have a Machner 2 hearing in every claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and whether voice identification may be used to authenticate one-party consent tapes. We begin with a brief review of the facts, address these two issues and then dispose of the other issues in this case.

Curtis was an inmate at Racine Correctional Institution (RCI) when the…