IN INTEREST OF J.D.S.

No. 88-757.

436 N.W.2d 342 (1989)

In the Interest of J.D.S., A Child, Appellant, State of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon M. Kinnamon, Cedar Rapids, and Valorie K. Wilson, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Katherine S. Miller-Todd, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Considered en banc.


SNELL, Justice.

This appeal arises from an adjudication that the sixteen-year-old child in interest, J.D.S. ("Jay"), committed a delinquent act by sexually abusing a four-year-old boy, B.M. ("Brad"). See Iowa Code §§ 232.2(12)(a) ("delinquent act" defined), and 709.1 and 709.3(2) (second-degree sexual abuse defined). Our review is de novo. Iowa Code § 232.58 (1987); In re Meek, 236 N.W.2d 284, 289 (Iowa...

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