STATE v. HARRIS

No. 2008AP810-CR.

786 N.W.2d 409 (2010)

2010 WI 79

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Landray M. HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there was oral argument by Rebecca Rapp St. John, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Michael K. Gould, assistant state public defender, Milwaukee.

An amicus curiae brief filed by Kathryn A. Holtz, Madison, and Victor Goode and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, Md., on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.


MICHAEL J. GABLEMAN, J.

¶ 1 Following his conviction and sentencing for drug-related crimes, Landray M. Harris moved for relief from his sentence on the grounds that the court made inappropriate comments reflecting racial and gender stereotypes during the sentencing hearing. The circuit court denied the motion, and in an unpublished opinion,1 the court of appeals reversed and held that...

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