STATE v. ANSPACH

No. 00-0304.

627 N.W.2d 227 (2001)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Edward Jerome ANSPACH, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Clarke, Jr., of Isaacson & Clarke, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Jean C. Pettinger, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Jeffrey Noble and John Judish, Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


SNELL, Justice.

This is a case about a defendant who did several foolish things. Whether his imprudent actions amount to child endangerment is the question before us today. Our determination necessarily turns on the interpretation of a statute as it applies to the actions of the defendant as well as the constitutional implications of the statute. See Iowa Code § 726.6(1)(a) (1999). Because we agree with the...

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