State v. Thoms

John Thoms appeals both a judgment of conviction for second-degree sexual assault, contrary to § 940.225(2)(a), STATS., as a repeat offender and his sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole as a persistent repeater, pursuant to § 939.62, Stats. This appeal presents two issues: (1) whether the admission of other acts evidence constitutes harmless error; and (2) whether the trial court properly sentenced Thoms to life pursuant to the persistent repeater charge in the information, § 939.62(2m), when the previous criminal complaint charged Thoms as a repeater under §…