David Dudas (Wisconsin DOC)
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – An Appleton man serving a 30-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting and strangling his wife had an appeal denied Tuesday by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
David Dudas, 60, was convicted on 30 counts in 2014.
On appeal, he argued he should have been granted a hearing on his post-conviction motions of ineffective assistance of counsel at three stages of the case.
But in the 26-page opinion, the appeals court rejected each of his examples and claims.
“We conclude that this issue is not properly before us. Dudas’ second amended motion does not claim that appellate counsel was ineffective; thus, Dudas failed to raise this issue in the circuit court. Further, Dudas’ quarrel with appellate counsel for acts occurring in this court is, again, in an improper forum and must be brought in a Knight petition,” the court ruled.
Dudas is currently housed at the Dodge Correctional Institution, state records show.
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