State v. Tarantino

Louis A. Tarantino, Jr. appeals from an order denying his motion for postcon-viction relief. A jury found Tarantino guilty of fourteen counts of first-degree sexual assault on three of his step daughters. At the jury trial, the state introduced videotaped testimony of the three child victims. The lead issue on appeal concerns the admissibility of the videotape under Wisconsin's videotape statute, sec. 908.08, Stats., and the constitutionality of that statute.

We conclude that the trial court properly admitted the videotaped testimony of all three victims under sec. 908.08, Stats., and that the…