Legal Opinion
In Re Detention of Hennings
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 1, 2008No. 05-1752PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HECHT, Justice.
A jury found Jason Hennings is a “sexually violent predator” (SVP), as defined in Iowa Code section 229A.2(11) (2005), and the district court consequently committed him to the custody of the department of human services. On appeal, Hennings asserts the district court erred in denying his motion to strike the State’s jury demand and his motion for a directed verdict. We affirm.
I. Factual and Procedural Background.
On November 2, 1999, the State charged Jason Hennings, who was then nineteen years of age, with six counts of sexual abuse in the third degree, in violation of Iowa…
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