State Ex Rel. Van Hout v. Endicott

¶ 1. Perry Van Hout, by counsel, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus under State v. Knight, 168 Wis. 2d 509, 484 N.W.2d 540 (1992). Van Hout contends that he was deprived of an appeal by his appointed appellate counsel's actions and this court's decision to permit appointed appellate counsel to withdraw. Van Hout seeks reinstatement of his Wis. Stat. Rule 809.30 (1995-96) 1 appeal rights from a 1995 conviction. Van Hout's petition is properly filed in this court. State ex rel. Smalley v. Morgan, 211 Wis. 2d 795, 798-99, 565 N.W.2d 805 (Ct. App. 1997), criticized on other grounds by State ex…