State v. Munz

LARSON, Justice.

The defendant Thomas Albert Munz appeals his conviction and sentence on two counts of third-degree sexual abuse. Iowa Code §§ 709.1, 709.4(5). He claims the trial court erred in several rulings on the admission of evidence and argues that section 709.4(5) violates his constitutional rights to privacy and equal protection. We affirm.

The evidence at trial revealed the following facts supporting the conviction. Munz lived for a time with a woman who had two children, a son and a daughter, by a prior marriage. Soon after Munz moved in, he began to have sexual relations with the…