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HOUGH v. STATE

No. State 220 (1974).

70 Wis.2d 807 (1975)

235 N. W. 2d 534

HOUGH, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided December 2, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there were briefs by Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender, and Robert J. Paul, assistant state public defender, and oral argument by Mr. Paul.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by William L. Gansner, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

DAY, J.

The defendant, James Robert Hough, was convicted of rape, sexual perversion, and robbery, contrary to secs. 944.01, 944.17 (1), and 943.32 (1) (b), Stats., respectively, and sentenced to twenty-nine years for rape, five years consecutively for sexual perversion, and ten years concurrently for robbery.

The principal issue on review is whether testimony concerning alleged prior acts of the defendant should have been excluded from evidence on the theory...

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