State v. Aldrich

231 N.W.2d 890 (1975)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant,

v.

Jean ALDRICH, Appellee.

No. 57150.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 31, 1975.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., and Lyle A. Rodenburg, County Atty., for appellant.

Thomas L. Root, Council Bluffs, for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and REES, UHLENHOPP, REYNOLDSON and HARRIS, JJ.

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

This appeal requires us to determine the constitutionality of our criminal statute relating to dead bodies:

"714.22 Exposing dead bodies. If any person willfully and unnecessarily, and in an improper manner, indecently expose, throw away, or abandon any human body,…