State v. Johnson

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

In this further review case, the defendant, Roy Harold Johnson, convicted of indecent contact with a child, argues the district court erred in admitting during the State’s rebuttal case the alleged victim’s videotaped statement as a prior consistent statement under Iowa rule of evidence 801(d)(1)(B). We agree and, therefore, vacate the court of appeals decision, reverse the district court judgment and remand for a new trial.

I. Background facts and proceedings. The trial information charged defendant with committing indecent contact with a child on or about November…