Legal Opinion

State v. Plaster

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 11, 1988No. 86-1632PublishedCited by 130 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAVORATO, Justice.

Kevin Ray Plaster was convicted of third-degree sexual abuse for acts arising out of initially consensual sexual activity. See Iowa Code § 709.4 (1985). He appealed, arguing that prejudicial testimony concerning a similar incident with a different woman was improperly admitted into evidence and that the evidence was insufficient to warrant a guilty verdict. We transferred the case to the court of appeals, and it upheld the district court’s evi-dentiary ruling and the conviction. Upon further review we likewise find no error and affirm.

Plaster met the complainant, Christine,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Reginald Carter v. Lowell D. Hewitt, Superintendent John Fuiek, C.O. Duane D. Pyles, C.O. And Gilbert Levi, C.O.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
  2. State v. BlairSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  3. State v. IaukeaHawaii Supreme Court · 1975
  4. State v. IaukeaHawaii Supreme Court · 1975
  5. State v. CottSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979

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3Cited by130 opinions

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  2. State v. NewellSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006
  3. State v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1993
  4. Gray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. State v. RodriquezSupreme Court of Iowa · 2001

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