State v. Sorenson

¶ 1. Ronald G. Sorenson was adjudicated a sexually violent person pursuant to Wis. *241Stat. ch. 980 (1995-96).1 Sorenson complains that error occurred in his Chapter 980 trial when the trial court prohibited him from presenting evidence in his attempt to show that he was wrongly convicted in 1985 of the predicate sexual assault upon which the Chapter 980 petition was based.

¶ 2. Sorenson advances two arguments on appeal. First, he contends that issue preclusion may not be used offensively in a Chapter 980 trial to prohibit a respondent from presenting evidence that he did not commit a sexually…