State v. Pask

¶ 1. This is a child enticement case where the jury found Mitchell D. Pask guilty of attempting to lure a nine-year-old girl to a park shelter area for the purpose of having sexual contact with her. The issue on appeal is the meaning of "secluded place" in Wis. Stat. § 948.07 (2007-08). Pask primarily argues this issue under the guise of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, faulting his trial counsel for not objecting to the meaning given to the jury by the trial court regarding the term "secluded place." At trial, the jury was instructed that "secluded place" means "a place screened…