Kaukauna man sentenced in long-delayed child pornography case | WTAQ News Talk | 97.5 FM · 1360 AM

APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – After trial dates were postponed 46 times, Travis Huss was convicted Tuesday of possession of child pornography in a case that dates back more than nine years.

Huss, 49, pleaded no contest to one count of attempted possession of child pornography. Nine counts of possession of child pornography were dropped. Sentencing is scheduled for October 8.

Although the maximum sentence would be more than twelve years in prison, the prosecution has agreed not to demand a prison sentence. The defense can demand any sentence it wants, the lawyers said in court on Tuesday.

Huss was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography on July 29, 2015. After a search of a Kaukauna residence, investigators allegedly found several images of child pornography on his bedroom computer. At the time, he was on extended probation for drunk driving.

Since then, there have been numerous reasons for the delay in the trial. Some were postponed by the prosecution, others by the defense.

Huss has had four different lawyers, changing attorneys twice in 2019 and again in 2020. Court records show that he once had to wait nearly seven months for a new attorney to be appointed.

There was a mistrial in August 2016. Some adjournments were due to basic scheduling conflicts, and Huss served time in jail. The COVID-19 pandemic postponed all trials across the state for months. In most cases, a trial date was set about two months in advance, but then the case was postponed two weeks before trial, and the cycle repeated.

Previous trial dates scheduled for Huss according to online court records:

22 March 2016
17 May 2016
14 June 2016
16.August 2016
15 November 2016
13 December 2016
24 January 2017
28 February 2017
28 March 2017
23 May 2017
10 October 2017
20 March 2018
22 May 2018
26 June 2018
21 August 2018
25 September 2018
13 November 2018
18 December 2018
20.08.2019
27 October 2020
24 November 2020
26 January 2021
20 April 2021
25 May 2021
17 August 2021
26 October 2021
16 November 2021
14 December 2021
February 8, 2022
15 March 2022
26 April 2022
30 August 2022
27 September 2022
25 October 2022
29 November 2022
December 20, 2022
January 24, 2023
25 April 2023
May 23, 2023
22 August 2023
19 September 2023
October 24, 2023
December 19, 2023
January 23, 2024
February 20, 2024
23 April 2024