State Ex Rel. Santana v. Endicott

¶ 1. In March 1996, Luis Santana was found guilty of two drug offenses. He neither perfected an appeal nor sought postconviction remedies subsequent to his convictions. Years later, his direct appeal rights having long since expired, Santana sought ha-beas corpus relief in the circuit court. He requested reinstatement of his right to proceed under Wis. Stat Rule 809.30 (2003-04) 1 on the ground of ineffective assistance of appointed counsel. The circuit court dismissed the petition. We affirm. Although Santana may seek habeas relief on his ineffective assistance claim, he started in the wrong…