COURT OF APPEALS DECISION DATED AND FILED August 12, 2008 David R. Schanker Clerk of Court of Appeals |
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����������� APPEAL
from judgments of the circuit court for
����������� Before
�1������� PER CURIAM. Michael Long appeals judgments
convicting him of false imprisonment and second-degree sexual assault as a
persistent repeater.� He argues that the
State presented insufficient evidence as to both counts and that the persistent
repeater penalty enhancer should not apply because a prior
�2������� Long approached the front desk at a hotel wearing white spandex shorts and asked the desk clerk, Bobbi D., if the spandex was supposed to be revealing.� She responded it was supposed to be tight.� Long then requested that she accompany him to a nearby breakfast room.� There, he asked her to rate his penis.� Long asked if he could hug her, and Bobbi D. answered �No� and started to back away.� Long then grabbed her and held her tightly and forcefully from the front and from behind, with his clothed penis touching her buttocks, inner thigh and groin area.� Long then went across the room and pulled down his pants, exposing his penis.� Bobbi D. turned away and left the room.�
�3������� Long argues that the State failed to prove the sexual contact was �by use of force� and without Bobbi D.�s consent.� He also argues that the State failed to prove false imprisonment because it presented insufficient evidence of nonconsent and that he confined or restrained Bobbi D.�
�4������� When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, this court
defers to the jury.�
�5������� The State presented sufficient evidence to establish that Long used force to make sexual contact with Bobbi D.� She testified that Long held her �very tight� with both arms to the point that she could not move.� The jury reasonably found that Long used force as a means of making sexual contact. �
�6������� Likewise, Bobbi D.�s testimony constitutes sufficient
evidence to support the finding that Long confined or restrained her.� One confines or restrains another if he
deprives her of freedom of movement or compels her to remain where she does not
want to remain.� See
�7������� As to both of the charges, Bobbi D.�s testimony also
establishes that she did not consent to the sexual contact or being
restrained.� Long relies on
inconsistencies in her testimony and prior inconsistent statements.� The jury found Bobbi D.�s testimony credible.� The jury, not this court, determines the
credibility of witnesses and the weight to be accorded their testimony. �See Johnson, 55
�8������� Finally, the trial court properly applied the persistent repeater enhancement to Long�s sentence.� A persistent repeater is one who has been convicted of a serious felony on two or more separate occasions prior to the serious felony for which he is currently being sentenced.� See Wis. Stat. � 939.62 (2005-06).� Long contends a Minnesota burglary conviction would not have constituted a serious felony in Wisconsin because the crime he committed after an illegal entry would have constituted fourth-degree sexual assault in Wisconsin, a misdemeanor.� Burglary is committed by a person who illegally enters with intent to commit a felony.�
�9������� The trial court appropriately applied State v. Collins, 2002 WI
App 177, �23, 256
�10����� These acts would constitute a second-degree sexual assault and
burglary if committed in
����������� By the Court.�Judgments affirmed.
����������� This opinion will not be published.� See Wis. Stat. Rule 809.23(1)(b)5 (2005-06).