By: Derek Hawkins//August 9, 2017//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Leonard R. Cardenas
Case No.: 2016AP213
Officials: Lundsten, P.J., Sherman and Kloppenburg, JJ.
Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence
Leonard Cardenas appeals a judgment that convicted him of second-degree sexual assault of a child and bail jumping, each as a repeat offender. Cardenas claims: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the sexual assault conviction; (2) the State improperly struck the only Hispanic juror from the jury panel; and (3) the circuit court admitted improper rebuttal evidence. For the reasons discussed below, we reject each of these contentions and affirm the judgment of conviction.