STATE v. SIEMER

No. 88-1899.

454 N.W.2d 857 (1990)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Larry Thomas SIEMER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia M. Hulting of Roehrick, Hulting & Moisan, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden, Assistant Attorney General, James Smith, County Atty., and Melodee Hanes, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, CARTER, and NEUMAN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

The principal question posed by this appeal is whether the armor of parental authority is strong enough to shield a defendant from prosecution and conviction for the criminal confinement and torture of a child. We think not, and affirm defendant Larry Siemer's conviction for first-degree kidnapping.

I. Background facts and proceedings.

Defendant Larry Siemer is the live-in boyfriend of Donna Simmons, and together they were charged...

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