State v. Simmons

NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by Donna Simmons from the judgment and sentence entered upon a jury verdict finding her guilty of first-degree kidnapping. We affirm.

Simmons was charged with aiding and abetting her live-in boyfriend, Larry Siemer, in the confinement and torture of Simmons’ seven-year-old son Tracey. The defendants were tried separately. In an opinion filed today, we have affirmed Siemer’s kidnapping conviction. State v. Siemer, 454 N.W.2d 857 (Iowa 1990). The facts giving rise to the prosecution are detailed in Siemer and will not be repeated here.

Simmons’ appeal raises two…