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STATE v. FERGUSON

No. 2013AP99.

847 N.W.2d 900 (2014)

2014 WI App 48

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. John Francis FERGUSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed April 22, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Amelia L. Bizzaro of Bizzaro Law LLC, Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general, and Sally L. Wellman , assistant attorney general.

Before FINE, KESSLER and BRENNAN, JJ.

FINE, J.

¶ 1 John Francis Ferguson appeals the circuit court's order denying his post-sentence motion to withdraw his 1995 guilty plea.1 He claims that the circuit court erroneously evaluated his proffered "new evidence," (the recantation of persons who said that he killed a man). He also seeks to withdraw his plea "in the interest of justice." We affirm.

I.

¶ 2 In 1995, the State charged Ferguson with first...

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