State v. Howell

HABHAB, Judge.

Steven Roy Howell was charged with third-degree sexual abuse for allegedly sexually assaulting Michelle Ann Dickson in a secluded park after meeting her at a bar in Ankeny, Iowa. Howell filed a motion in li-mine requesting the exclusion of the testimony of Jamie Keifer, a victim of a prior sexual assault by Howell. The court, Judge Needles, denied the motion in limine finding sufficient “factual similarities between the prior crime and the present case.” The court concluded the prior act was “relevant to prove intent, lack of consent, plan, motive, and absence of mistake” and…