STATE v. GOVE

No. 87-1105-CR.

148 Wis.2d 936 (1989)

437 N.W.2d 218

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Steven A. GOVE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Marguerite M. Moeller, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Glenn L. Cushing, assistant state public defender.


WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

The State of Wisconsin (State) seeks review of a court of appeals' decision which reversed the conviction of Steven A. Gove (Gove). Gove was convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a five-year-old girl (T.S.). The court of appeals concluded that Gove's right to confrontation was violated when the trial court declared T.S. unavailable as a witness and allowed certain out-of-court statements to...

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