Hendrickson v. State

“A greater latitude of proof as to other like occurrences is allowed in cases of sexual crimes.” This was said by this court in a rape case. 1 In that case this court held admissible testimony as to an earlier incident in which the defendant had gone to the room where the complaining witness and another girl were sleeping and gotten into bed with them. This court termed such earlier incident “a grossly indecent assault on both.” 2

Such greater latitude of proof as to other like occurrences is evident in other Wisconsin cases. In an assault to commit rape, where the trial court admitted…