STATE v. HARRIS

No. 86-0090-CR.

133 Wis.2d 74 (1986)

393 N.W.2d 127

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jerry HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Gregory J. Meeker and Callaway, Dunn & Meeker, S. C. of Madison.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and William L. Gansner, assistant attorney general.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman, J., and Eich, J.


EICH, J.

Jerry Harris appeals from a judgment convicting him of one count of battery and three counts of second-degree sexual assault, and from an order denying his motions for postconviction relief. He raises a single issue: Was he deprived of his right to the effective assistance of counsel when his attorney, in closing argument, acknowledged that not all of Harris' testimony had been truthful? We answer the question in...

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