State v. Vonesh

Anthony L. Vonesh is charged with first-degree sexual assault on his eleven-year-old daughter contrary to sec. 940.225(l)(d), Stats. The trial court denied the state’s motion based on Wisconsin’s rape shield law, sec. 972.11(2), Stats., to exclude from evidence two notes written by the complainant. We granted the state’s petition for leave to appeal. Because the notes do not describe prior sexual conduct, and do not constitute prior sexual conduct, we conclude they are admissible. We affirm.

Wisconsin’s rape shield law provides: “If the defendant is accused of a crime under s. 940.255, any…