Opinion
No. 2013AP1563.
2014-06-3
STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff–Respondent, v. Paul Dwayne WESTMORELAND, Defendant–Appellant.
Westmoreland II, 2009AP2288, unpublished slip op. ¶¶ 8–12 (some citations and a footnote omitted). Westmoreland appealed the trial court's denials of his fourth motion for postconviction relief and subsequent motion for reconsideration. In affirming, this court held that Westmoreland had not stated a sufficient reason for failing to bring his claims in his first postconviction motion and consequently, concluded that Westmoreland's claims were procedurally barred by Escalona–Naranjo. See Westmoreland II, 2009AP2288, unpublished slip op. ¶ 1. Westmoreland II, 2009AP2288, unpublished slip op. ¶ 15. Although Westmoreland alleged his postconviction counsel was ineffective in the underlying Wis. Stat. § 974.06 motion, he did not brief the issue on appeal in Westmoreland II. 2