State of Iowa v. Ronald James Brimmer

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 21–0744 Submitted September 15, 2022—Filed December 22, 2022 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. RONALD JAMES BRIMMER, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, Thomas J. Bitter, Judge. A criminal defendant seeks review of the sufficiency of the State’s evidence supporting his second-degree sexual abuse conviction and challenges the trial court’s decision to close his trial to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. REVERSED AND REMANDED. Oxley, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which McDonald, J., joined, McDermott and May, JJ.,…