By: Derek Hawkins//January 8, 2020//
WI Court of Appeals – District IV
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. John L. Lomax
Case No.: 2018AP2267-CR
Officials: Fitzpatrick, P.J., Blanchard and Graham, JJ.
Focus: Abuse of Discretion – Testimony
John L. Lomax appeals a judgment of conviction and sentence for 40 counts of possession of child pornography. Lomax contends that the circuit court erred by allowing the State to introduce trial testimony that officers identified a total of 315 “concerning” images on Lomax’s computer, since he was charged with possessing only 40 of those images. We need not and do not decide whether the court erroneously exercised its discretion in allowing this testimony, since we conclude that any error was harmless. We affirm.