STATE v. LAFFEY

No. 97-1210.

600 N.W.2d 57 (1999)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Joseph F. LAFFEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent A. Simmons, Davenport, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Sheryl A. Soich, Assistant Attorney General, and Phillip Tabor, County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, CARTER, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


TERNUS, Justice.

The defendant, Joseph F. Laffey, appeals his judgments of conviction and sentences for two counts of second-degree sexual abuse. See Iowa Code § 709.3(2) (1995). Laffey asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's finding that he committed a sex act with the minor victims. Laffey also claims his counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to object to several courtroom procedures that Laffey contends violated...

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