COURT OF APPEALS

                DECISION

   DATED AND RELEASED

 

               May 23, 1996

 

 

 

 

                  NOTICE

 

A party may file with the Supreme Court a petition to review an adverse decision by the Court of Appeals.  See § 808.10 and Rule 809.62, Stats.

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No.  95-1289-CR

 

STATE OF WISCONSIN               IN COURT OF APPEALS

     DISTRICT IV           

                                                                                                                       

STATE OF WISCONSIN,

 

                                                            Plaintiff-Respondent,

 

                        v.

 

LARRY BRACEY, JR.,

 

                                                            Defendant-Appellant.

                                                                                                                      

 

 

                        APPEAL from a judgment and an order of the circuit court for Dodge County:  JOSEPH E. SCHULTZ, Reserve Judge.  Affirmed.

                        Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Vergeront, J.

                        PER CURIAM.   Larry Bracey, Jr. appeals from a judgment of conviction for battery by a prisoner and a postconviction order.  The issue is whether trial counsel's performance was deficient and prejudicial to Bracey's defense.  We conclude that Bracey received effective assistance of trial counsel.  Therefore, we affirm the trial court's judgment and order.

                        The trial court applied the proper legal standards to the relevant facts and reached the correct decision.  Therefore, we incorporate the trial court's memorandum decision and affirm its judgment and order.  See Wis. Ct. App. IOP VI (5)(a) (June 13, 1994) (court of appeals may adopt the trial court's opinion).

                        By the Court.—Judgment and order affirmed.

                        This opinion will not be published.  See Rule 809.23(1)(b)5, Stats.


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