State of Iowa v. Spaulding

HARRIS, Justice.

Defendant assigns four errors in his appeal from judgment on conviction of third-degree sexual abuse. § 709.4, The Code 1979. We find no error and affirm the trial court.

During the time in question, defendant and his wife lived together with their two natural daughters, the fifteen-year-old victim and the victim’s older sister, then seventeen. On September 20, 1979, and again on September 23, 1979, while his wife was out of town, defendant had intercourse with the victim. Each occurrence was in the victim’s bed. Defendant had been having sexual relations with the victim for at…