State v. Rognrud

Richard Rognrud appeals a judgment of conviction for third-degree sexual assault in violation of sec. 940.225(3), Stats. He challenges the trial court's ruling that barred him from presenting extrinsic evidence of three prior allegedly false accusations of sexual assault made by the complaining witness, T.C. We affirm.

Although the court permitted defense counsel to cross-examine T.C. about three other alleged false reports of sexual assault, two involving T.C. and one involving her young son, the court refused to allow other witnesses to testify whether T.C.'s prior statements were false.…