STATE v. DOUGHTY

No. 83-1275.

359 N.W.2d 439 (1984)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Ralph Laverne DOUGHTY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Harrington, Appellate Defender, and Raymond E. Rogers, Asst. Appellate Defender, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Sherie Barnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., and William E. Davis, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McCORMICK, LARSON, SCHULTZ, and CARTER, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

Defendant Ralph L. Doughty appeals from his conviction and sentencing for kidnapping in the first degree in violation of Iowa Code sections 710.1 and 710.2 (1983). He argues the following grounds for reversal: (1) that the testimony of a police officer, reiterating statements made by the five-year-old victim, was hearsay and inadmissible; (2) that the instructions did not inform the jury that specific,...

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