By: Derek Hawkins//December 7, 2016//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Nelson I. Humes
Case No.: 20156AP1792-CR
Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Hagedorn, J.
Focus: Rape Shield Law
Nelson Humes appeals a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of three counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child under sixteen. The trial court ruled that the rape shield law, WIS. STAT. § 972.11(2) (2013-14) barred evidence of other sexual conduct of the three victims. Humes contends the ruling violated his right to confrontation and prevented him from presenting his misidentification defense. We disagree and affirm.