COURT OF APPEALS DECISION DATED AND FILED April 17, 2008 David R. Schanker Clerk of Court of Appeals |
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STATE OF WISCONSIN |
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DISTRICT III |
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State of
Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Yatau Her,
Defendant-Appellant. |
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APPEAL
from a judgment and an order of the circuit court for
Before Higginbotham, P.J., Vergeront and Lundsten, JJ.
¶1 PER CURIAM. Yatau Her appeals from a judgment of conviction and order denying his postconviction motion. We affirm.
¶2 Her pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Before trial he twice moved to withdraw the plea, but these motions were withdrawn or denied. After sentencing, Her filed a postconviction motion claiming ineffective assistance of trial counsel. This motion was also denied.
¶3 On appeal Her argues that the circuit court erred by denying
his motions to withdraw his plea before sentencing. The legal standard for plea withdrawal before
sentencing is that a defendant should be allowed to withdraw a guilty plea for
any fair and just reason, unless the prosecution would be substantially
prejudiced. State v. Canedy, 161
¶4 Her argues that he should have been allowed to withdraw his plea because his trial counsel did not provide him with all necessary and relevant discovery. He raised this issue in his first pro se plea withdrawal motion. However, at the hearing held on that motion, Her’s attorney explained how Her had misunderstood what discovery was available, and Her agreed that he had, in fact, been given all the discovery he wanted, with the exception of viewing a surveillance video. After that hearing, Her was able to view the video, and at the next hearing he withdrew his plea withdrawal motion as to this ground. Her did not raise this issue again in his second plea withdrawal motion. Therefore, we conclude that this motion was withdrawn by Her, and there is no reason for us to review the issue further.
¶5 Her also argues that he should have been allowed to withdraw his plea because his trial attorney did not have a bullet tested and did not interview certain State witnesses, apparently referring to his co-actors in the crime. However, Her does not explain what would have changed if counsel had done these things. He does not explain why this was a fair and just reason for him to withdraw his plea. Therefore, we conclude that the motion was properly denied.
¶6 Her also filed a postconviction motion alleging ineffective
assistance of counsel. The motion was
denied without an evidentiary hearing. To establish ineffective assistance of counsel a
defendant must show that counsel’s performance was deficient and that such
performance prejudiced his defense. Strickland
v.
¶7 On appeal Her’s arguments on this motion essentially repeat
the ones made above. He argues that
counsel did not allow him to review all evidence, failed to interview
unspecified witnesses, and failed to develop a theory of defense. However, none of these arguments include any
specific claims about how correcting these alleged failures by counsel would
have caused Her not to plead guilty. He
does not describe any evidence he was unaware of, or explain what the witnesses
would have said, or describe a theory of defense that should have been
pursued. Without these specifics, Her
has failed to sufficiently allege prejudice, and the motion was properly denied
without a hearing. See State v. Allen, 2004
WI 106, ¶¶12-24, 274
¶8 Finally, Her argues that the court erroneously exercised its
sentencing discretion. This argument has
been waived because Her did not raise the issue first in his postconviction
motion. State v.
By the Court.—Judgment and order affirmed.
This opinion will not be published. See Wis. Stat. Rule 809.23(1)(b)5.