APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — In a case which took more than nine years to resolve and had trial dates postponed 46 times, Travis Huss was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail for attempted possession of child pornography.
Huss, 49, previously pleaded no contest to one count of attempted possession of child pornography. Nine counts of possession of child pornography were dismissed.
He was placed on probation for three years by Judge Mitchell Metropulos. Huss’s access to the internet was also limited.
Huss noted the progress he has made with sobriety, and the benefits of participating in the Challenge Incarceration Program.
Huss was charged on July 29, 2015 with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. After a search of a Kaukauna residence, investigators allegedly found multiple images of child pornography on his computer in his bedroom. At the time, he was on extended supervision from drunk driving convictions.
Since then, there have been multiple reasons for delays in the case. Some adjournments were requested by prosecutors, others by the defense.
Huss has had four different attorneys, changing lawyers in 2019 twice and then again in 2020 — one time waiting nearly seven months for another attorney to be appointed, court records show.
There was a mistrial in August 2016. Some adjournments were due to basic scheduling conflicts, and Huss was in prison for a time. The COVID-19 pandemic postponed all trials across the state for months. In most cases, a trial date was set about two months out, but then two weeks before the trial the case would be postponed, with the cycle repeating itself.
Previous trial dates scheduled for Huss, according to online court records:
March 22, 2016
May 17, 2016
June 14, 2016
Aug. 16, 2016
Nov. 15, 2016
Dec. 13, 2016
Jan. 24, 2017
Feb. 28, 2017
March 28, 2017
May 23, 2017
Oct. 10, 2017
March 20, 2018
May 22, 2018
June 26, 2018
Aug. 21, 2018
Sept. 25, 2018
Nov. 13, 2018
Dec. 18, 2018
Aug. 20, 2019
Oct. 27, 2020
Nov. 24, 2020
Jan. 26, 2021
April 20, 2021
May 25, 2021
Aug. 17, 2021
Oct. 26, 2021
Nov. 16, 2021
Dec. 14, 2021
Feb. 8, 2022
March 15, 2022
April 26, 2022
Aug. 30, 2022
Sept. 27, 2022
Oct. 25, 2022
Nov. 29, 2022
Dec. 20, 2022
Jan. 24, 2023
April 25, 2023
May 23, 2023
Aug. 22, 2023
Sept. 19, 2023
Oct. 24, 2023
Dec. 19, 2023
Jan. 23, 2024
Feb. 20, 2024
April 23, 2024
