STATE v. VONESH

No. 86-0540-CR.

135 Wis.2d 477 (1986)

400 N.W.2d 508

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anthony L. VONESH, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and David J. Becker, assistant attorney general.

For the defendant-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Tod O. Daniel and Nancy v. Welch of Janesville.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman, and Sundby, JJ.


SUNBY, J.

Anthony L. Vonesh is charged with first-degree sexual assault on his eleven-year-old daughter contrary to sec. 940.225(1)(d), Stats. The trial court denied the state's motion based on Wisconsin's rape shield law, sec. 972.11(2), Stats., to exclude from evidence two notes written by the complainant. We granted the state's petition for leave to appeal. Because the notes do not describe prior sexual conduct, and do not constitute prior sexual conduct, we conclude...

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