STATE v. MURPHY

No. 89-254.

462 N.W.2d 715 (1990)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Chester MURPHY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

September 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Rogers, State Appellate Defender, and B. John Burns, Asst. State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Julie A. Halligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas Mullin, Co. Atty., and Clinton L. Spurrier, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON and HAYDEN, JJ.


HAYDEN, Judge.

Thirty-six-year-old Chester Murphy joined a group of children at play. While engaged in "wrestling" with two thirteen-year-old girls, Murphy allegedly touched, fondled or bit the breast and genital areas of each girl.

Murphy was charged with two counts of indecent contact with a child, a violation of Iowa Code § 709.12. A jury found him guilty of those charges, and he has appealed from the resulting convictions and sentences.

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