State v. Moats

There is simply no reason for subjecting the child victim in this case, a female five years old at the time she was sexually assaulted, to the trauma of another trial, as the majority mandates. In addition to the allegations here, the child victim previously had been sexually assaulted by two other adult males. The majority's decision today unjustly continues *122her tragic story by requiring her to relive those events at a needless second trial.

Relying upon our recent decision in State v. Pulizzano, 155 Wis. 2d 633, 456 N.W.2d 325 (1990), the majority concludes that Defendant was…