Powers v. Pollard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN JACOB A. POWERS, Petitioner, v. Case No. 10-CV-1127 JON NOBLE, Respondent. DECISION AND ORDER 1. Background Jacob A. Powers is incarcerated at the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution after having been convicted in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. In his second amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus he presents two1 claims: (1) he was incompetent at the time of his trial and therefore his conviction violates his right to due process; and (2) his trial counsel was ineffective for…