State v. Gardner

SCHULTZ, Justice.

On this appeal, we review the conviction of defendant Craig Leslie Gardner for sexual abuse in the third degree in violation of Iowa Code section 709.4 (1989) and his sentence as a habitual violator pursuant to Iowa Code section 902.8 (1989). We affirm the court of appeals and the district court.

Defendant was accused of committing a forcible sex act with his children’s fourteen-year-old babysitter. He denied that any sexual contact had occurred. He suggested the babysitter fabricated the accusation because she was upset after he reprimanded her for leaving his children…