State v. Knight

¶ 1 DeWayne Knight appeals pro se from a circuit court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16)1 motion without a hearing. We conclude that the circuit court properly exercised its discretion when it denied Knight's motion without a hearing because trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to the jury instruction on armed robbery and to the victim's at-trial identification of Knight. We affirm.

¶ 2 In 2015, we affirmed Knight's convictions for obstructing an officer and two counts of armed robbery. State v. Knight , No. 2014AP2757-CR, unpublished slip op. (WI App Oct. 28,…