State v. Stevens

LARSON, Justice.

Jimmy Dean Stevens has appealed his conviction for criminal transmission of HIV under Iowa Code section 709C.1 (2003), alleging that the district court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. We affirm.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.

The evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the State, reveals the following facts. Stevens, the defendant, was thirty-three years old at the time of the offense. The victim, J.B., was fifteen years old. Both are homosexual and met in an internet chat room for gay men. They exchanged photographs, and according to J.B.,…