STATE v. ANDREWS

No. 88-1082.

447 N.W.2d 118 (1989)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Charles Garland ANDREWS, Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Roxann M. Ryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Paul Martin, County Atty., for appellant.

Raymond E. Rogers, State Appellate Defender, and Peter Persaud, Asst. State Public Defender, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, SCHULTZ, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

The State has charged defendant Charles Andrews with two counts of lascivious acts with a child in violation of Iowa Code section 709.8(1) and (2) (1987). An earlier trial on these same charges resulted in a hung jury and declaration of mistrial. The case before us concerns pretrial rulings in connection with Andrews' retrial.

The trial court has declared the child victim incompetent to testify, and the court has also refused to allow the...

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