State v. Damaske

Craig Damaske appeals from a judgment, entered on a "no contest" plea, convicting him of one count of second-degree sexual assault, see § 940.225(2)(a), Stats., and from the trial court's order denying his motion for postconviction relief. He claims: (1) that his request-for-substitution-of-judge filed against the Honorable Diane S. Sykes prevented her from hearing his case; (2) that the trial court erred in denying his motion to withdraw his plea; (3) that the trial court erred in considering evidence during the sentencing hearing that Damaske had previously sexually assaulted other women;…