State v. Elm

Duane Elm appeals his judgment of conviction after a jury trial for first-degree sexual assault of a child as a repeater, and an order denying postconviction relief. Elm argues his trial counsel's failure to object to the examining physician's testimony that the cause of the child's abrasions was molestation and to the prosecutor's discussion of this testimony during closing argument constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. Additionally, Elm argues trial counsel was ineffective for not eliciting more direct testimony from Elm regarding factual discrepancies in the child's story and for…