State v. Davidson

¶1. The State of Wisconsin seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State v. Davidson, 222 Wis. 2d 233, 589 N.W.2d 38 (Ct. App. 1998), which reversed Dale Davidson's conviction for second-degree sexual assault of his thirteen-year-old niece on the grounds that the trial court improperly admitted evidence of the defendant's prior conviction for child sexual assault.

¶ 2. In a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Adams County, Judge Richard O. Wright, Dale Davidson was convicted of assaulting his niece, Tina H. During trial, the circuit court permitted the State to introduce…