State v. Booth

LeGRAND, Justice.

This 34-year-old defendant was convicted of the rape of an eight-year-old girl in violation of section 698.1, Code of Iowa, 1966. He appeals from judgment sentencing him to a term of 50 years in the Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa, Iowa. Since the appeal raises only the issue of the trial court’s refusal to submit the affirmative defense of insanity, we need not recount the details of the offense. Suffice it to say the evidence was strong to support the charge.

The record shows defendant to have had emotional problems dating as far back as 1952 when he was 19 years old. At that…