State v. Coil

LeGRAND, Justice.

A jury found defendant guilty of assaulting a thirteen-year-old girl with intent to commit rape in violation of § 698.4, The Code, 1975. He was sentenced to serve a term of not more than ten years in the men’s reformatory, a judgment from which he appeals. We affirm.

Defendant raises two issues on this appeal as follows:

1. He asserts § 698.4 is an unconstitutional invasion of privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

2. He claims he was denied effective counsel.

I. Right of Privacy

The statute under which defendant was convicted makes it a…