State v. Stribley

SACKETT, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Michael P. Stribley appeals his conviction of sexual abuse in the second degree in violation of Iowa Code sections 709.1 and 709.3(2) (1993). Defendant contends the trial court abused its discretion in allowing certain medical evidence and he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel by his trial attorney’s failure to object to cross-examination that went beyond the scope of direct examination. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with abusing his girlfriend’s daughter. The child, born on April 15,1981, was at the time of the alleged events under twelve…