By: Derek Hawkins//June 16, 2021//
WI Court of Appeals – District I
Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Celso M. Deleon-Yuja
Case No.: 2019AP2059-CR
Officials: Brash, P.J., Donald and White, JJ.
Focus: 6th Amendment Violation – Confrontation Clause
Celso M. Deleon-Yuja appeals the circuit court order denying postconviction relief as well as the underlying judgment of conviction for two counts of first-degree child sexual assault—sexual contact with a child under age thirteen. Deleon-Yuja argues that his Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights were violated when the circuit court did not permit him to cross-examine the victims or their parents about the U-Visa immigration program. We conclude that the circuit court did not improperly limit cross-examination such that Deleon-Yuja’s confrontation rights were violated, and thus did not erroneously deny his motion for postconviction relief. Accordingly, we affirm.