E. LANNY ROBINS. M.D.

I.          Expert Witness

When Connie's third story claimed rape (her first story never mentioned rape and her second story actually denied rape), DA Lipske sent Connie to the Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, Michigan where Dr. E. Lanny Robins was then working. Though there are two hospitals not far from Hurley, where Connie was making her allegation of rape, DA Lipske did not send her to either of these Wisconsin hospitals, but to Michigan instead.

DA Lipske sent Connie to the hospital hoping to obtain DNA samples from her that could be used as evidence that Don sexually assaulted her. Dr. Robins examined Connie, found arm and leg bruising (which Connie previously claimed Mr. Kim Aijala had caused), took biological samples, performed lab testing, and prepared samples for a `rape test kit'.

DA Lipske then called Dr. Robins as an expert witness to testify against Don at trial. Dr. Robins told the jury that Connie had been `sexually assaulted', and told the jury that this assessment of sexual assault was reliable to a `reasonable degree of medical certainty.' Don faced two charges of sexual assault at trial, but Dr. Robins' testimony related to only one charge of sexual assault. He had no opinion for the other charge because Connie claimed it had happened weeks prior. Because the jury had many reasons to disbelieve Connie, they found Don not guilty of the first sexual assault charge, but found him guilty of the charge for which Dr. Robins gave his sexual assault opinion.

Sexual assault of a competent adult requires proof of two elements: 1.)' Sexual contact, 2.) Lack of consent. It is uncontested that when examining Connie, Dr. Robins had found NO MEDICAL EVIDENCE of any sexual contact and had NO PERSONAL knowledge regarding the element of consent. Also, his own lab had tested Connie's biological samples but could find no male biological material.

Not only was Dr. Robins' opinion of sexual assault not based on medical findings, protocol or methodology, but such an opinion by any doctor is not allowed in a court of law because no doctor has knowledge regarding consent so is therefore limited to only describing the medical evidence of sexual contact, of which Dr. Robins had NONE. His opinion was not based on medical findings and the jury convicted Don on this charge because they figured that a doctor surely knows more than they do.

III.       Check This Out!

Since Don's trial, it was discovered that the Judge on Don's case, Patrick Madden, was on the Board of Directors at the Grand View Hospital when Connie was sent there for Dr. Robins' exam. We now know that Connie and the Judge were sexually involved, and we now know Judge Madden was Dr. Robins' boss! This was confirmed by the Grand View. No wonder DA Lipske sent her there rather than to a Wisconsin hospital.

IV. Don Wrote to Dr. Robins

Shortly after Don's trial, Dr. Robins was fired from the Grand View and Don did not know how to contact him, but a website visitor recently provided Don with Dr. Robins' address so Don was finally able to write a letter to Dr. Robins asking him to revisit the opinion he gave at Don's trial, which triggered Don's conviction and 42-year sentence.

Dr. Robins responded by having his attorney contact Don's attorney to tell Don not to contact Dr. Robins any further. Don was therefore forced to file a complaint with the Medical Licensing Board concerning Dr. Robin's incompetent opinion and refusal to follow ethical guidelines requiring him to reevaluate the lack of medical findings to support the opinion he gave at Don's trial. Dr. Sam Albert, an experienced and respected local physician, wrote a letter in support of Don's complaint. Dr. Albert stated that he is appalled at the opinion given by Dr. Robins at trial because it lacked any medical basis and Dr. Robins had no knowledge of the consent element. At of the time of this writing, the Medical Board has not yet decided Don's complaint, so we will put the link to their response below but it may not be activated at this time but will be activated as soon as we receive the Board's response.

Something is very wrong with Dr. Robins, and we suspect it relates to the fact that Connie's boyfriend judge was his boss. There is no other explanation for such a reckless and unfounded opinion given by an otherwise competent physician. He did what the judge wanted him to do. This doctor's actions and inaction are simply appalling.

·                         Click here to see Don's unanswered letter to Dr. Robins.

             Click here to see Don's complaint to the Medical Board.

          Click here to see Dr. Albert's condemnation of Dr. Robins' opinion.

          Click here to see the Medical Board's shocking response

            Click here to see Don's September 17^th, 2007 letter to the Medical Board asking them to reconsider his dismissed complaint.

·           Click here to see the Medical Board's final response (when available and if they even bother to answer).