Legal Opinion

State v. Shearon

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 2, 2003No. 01-1613PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant, Michael Shearon, from his conviction for lascivious acts with a child. He urges three grounds for reversal: (1) his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object to the district court’s failure to follow statutory procedures required for the use of closed-circuit testimony for a child witness; (2) the district court erroneously refused to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of indecent contact with a child; and (3) the court imposed an illegal sentence when it ordered Shearon to undergo DNA profiling. Finding no merit in any of…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. State v. JeffriesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
  4. State v. RisdalSupreme Court of Iowa · 1987
  5. Tindell v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 2001

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. ValinSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006
  2. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Iowa · 2005
  3. State v. BraggsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2010
  4. State of Iowa v. Aquiles Gonzalez AlvaradoSupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
  5. State v. CaquelinCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2005

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