State v. Mahan

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Steven Mickel Mahan, appeals from his conviction by jury trial of the public offense of indecent exposure in violation of Iowa Code section 709.9(2) (1989). He contends that the criminal prosecution should have been dismissed because the State failed to indict or inform against him within the forty-five-day period specified in Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 27(2)(a). After considering the arguments of the parties, we disagree with defendant’s contention and affirm the judgment of the district court.

Rule 27(2)(a), upon which defendant’s claim is based, provides that…