Legal Opinion

State v. Miller

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided April 18, 2019No. Appeal No. 2018AP247-CRPublished

1Per curiam

¶1 Sheldon Miller appeals the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for first degree child sexual assault involving sexual contact with a person under age 13 as a persistent repeater. Miller makes the following arguments: (1) his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object to remarks by a prosecutor about the victim having "cognitive delays"; (2) the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion in allowing the State to admit "other-acts" evidence in the form of allegations regarding Miller's sexual assaults of two boys in 1990; and (3) the circuit court…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. State v. SullivanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1998
  4. State v. HarveyWisconsin Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Muller v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980

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