STATE v. SAUNDERS

No. 94-2233-CR.

196 Wis.2d 45 (1995)

538 N.W.2d 546

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Patrick A. SAUNDERS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Robert G. Bramscher of Kenosha.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Jerome S. Schmidt, assistant attorney general.

Before Anderson, P.J., Brown and Nettesheim, JJ.


BROWN, J.

The trial court refused to allow the defendant, Patrick A. Saunders, to be present at his postconviction hearing alleging ineffective assistance of his trial counsel. Saunders claims error, but we note that Wisconsin case law requires Saunders to allege substantial issues of fact as to events in which he participated before his presence is considered necessary. Since Saunders failed in this regard, his claim fails...

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