State v. Williams

ANDREASEN, Justice.

This case involves the sexual abuse of a minor by four individuals. The defendant, Clarence Evon Williams, Jr., appeals from a conviction and sentence on a charge of sexual abuse in the second degree in violation of Iowa Code sections 709.1, .3(3) (1995). Williams claims: (1) there was insufficient evidence in the record for a rational jury to find he committed the charged offense; (2) it was error to admit evidence of a DNA match without also requiring evidence of the statistical significance of the match and to admit blood serology evidence; (3) it was error to exclude…