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STATE v. BUTLER

Nos. 2008AP-1178-CR, 2008AP-1765-CR.

768 N.W.2d 46 (2009)

2009 WI App 52

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Paul Anthony BUTLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed March 24, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Trisha R. Stewart Martin of Stewart Law Offices, Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general and Stephen W. Kleinmaier, assistant attorney general.

Before FINE, KESSLER and BRENNAN, JJ.

¶ 1 FINE, J.

Paul Anthony Butler appeals the judgment convicting him of unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon, see WIS. STAT. § 941.29(2)(a), entered on his no-contest plea. He also appeals the circuit court's order denying his motion for postconviction relief. He argues that he should be able to withdraw his plea, contending essentially that his lawyers gave him ineffective assistance because: (1) they did not seek to suppress the gun he had...

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