State v. Wright

The State appeals from a district court ruling granting Phelippe Wright a new trial following his conviction for second-degree sexual abuse in violation of Iowa Code section 709.3(2) (2001). We affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

In 1996, when Wright was twelve years old, he and his four-year-old sister, R.W., moved into the home of Marian Carter. Carter had several children of her own, including L.C., who was six years old when Wright and his sister began living with her family. Wright moved out of the home in 2002.

In 2005 L.C. and R.W. told Carter…