Keller v. State

In this case, the defendant, in his sec. 974.06, Stats., motion and now on appeal, claims he was denied his constitutional right to legal counsel at his trial. The trial judge denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing. At oral argument, on appeal, the defendant emphasized that the relief sought was a remand to the trial court for such a hearing.

The allegations in the petition of the defendant in support of his postconviction motion are as follows:

“I know that I was not represented by counsel at trial and that I did not want to go to trial without being represented by an attorney and…