Legal Opinion
State v. Sorenson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 2002No. 98-3107PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliam A. Bablitch, J.
¶ 1. Ronald Soren-son (Sorenson) was convicted of first-degree sexual assault of his daughter L.S., largely on the basis of her allegations. Subsequently, Sorenson was found to be a sexually violent person by a jury under Wis. Stat. ch. 980 (1995-96). At that ch. 980 trial, Sorenson was not allowed to put in evidence that L.S. had recanted her original allegations. The State of Wisconsin (State) successfully argued that Sorenson was precluded from putting in that evidence on the grounds of issue preclusion. The court of appeals remanded the case to the circuit court for a determination on the…
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