Lamphere v. State

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Applicant Richard Lamphere appeals from a district court ruling denying him postconviction relief. We affirm and remand with direction.

The transcripts of the trial and related hearings leading to the underlying convictions of first-degree kidnapping and second-degree sexual abuse are in evidence here. The jury could have found that applicant accosted the victim outside Peggy’s tavern in Des Moines and forced her into his car at gunpoint. After handcuffing her, applicant drove to a city park where he subjected her to various acts of sexual abuse. The victim, fearful…