Legal Opinion

State v. Simpson

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 11, 1962No. 50708PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.

— For reversal of his conviction of lascivious acts with a child defendant urges it was error: (1) Not to submit to the jury the included offense of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, (2) to exclude evidence of specific acts relating to the morals of the prosecutrix, (3) to admit opinion evidence of venue, and (4) in that the sentence was excessive. We do not find error in any of these respects.

The evidence shows prosecutrix was a girl 15 years of age at the time she first met defendant in June or July of 1961. At that time she accompanied him and four other men and had sexual…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. People v. GreerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Berra v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. State v. StaffordSupreme Court of Iowa · 1946
  4. State v. KramerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
  5. State v. OlsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1958

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. CupplesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
  2. State v. KulishSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
  3. State v. LongSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
  4. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
  5. Sefcheck v. BrewerDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1969

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