Legal Opinion

State v. Johnson

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided August 14, 2018No. Appeal No. 2017AP1581Published

1Per curiam

¶1 Dontre Johnson appeals an order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16)1 motion for postconviction relief. Johnson claims he is entitled to a new trial because one of the jurors at his trial was objectively biased and because his trial attorney was ineffective by failing to question the potential jurors during voir dire about bias toward nontestifying defendants. Johnson also claims that his first postconviction attorney was ineffective by failing to investigate and discover the above issues regarding juror bias and ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Finally, Johnson argues he is…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. PettitCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1992
  3. State v. Escalona-NaranjoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Vollmer v. LuetyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1990
  5. State v. Andres Romero-GeorganaWisconsin Supreme Court · 2014

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