State v. Adams

HARRIS, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction of indecent exposure in violation of Iowa Code section 709.9 (1987). The court of appeals rejected his contention that the evidence did not support a jury verdict. Because we find merit in the contention we vacate the decision of the court of appeals and reverse and remand.

The case is somewhat unusual in that the parties do not seriously dispute the facts or the law. The dispute arises over how well-settled law should be applied to two separate events which occurred on successive days.

On April 14, 1987, a fourteen-year-old girl was walking to a…