State v. Bonds

The issue in this case is whether a defendant's use of force in making sexual contact with his victim by forcibly grabbing her nipple and then squeezing and pulling it, constitutes the crime of second degree sexual assault as proscribed by sec. 940.225(2)(a), Stats.

The defendant negotiated a guilty plea and was sentenced to six years in prison by Milwaukee county circuit court Judge Frank T. Crivello. On appeal the court of appeals held that the defendant's actions did not constitute sexual contact "by use or threat of force or violence" and therefore did not fall under second degree sexual…