STATE v. COX

No. 07-2083.

781 N.W.2d 757 (2010)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Matthew Earl COX, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender and David Arthur Adams, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Kevin Cmelik, Assistant Attorney General, Harold Denton, Linn County Attorney, and Jerry Vander Sanden, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


STREIT, Justice.

Matthew Cox was convicted pursuant to Iowa Code sections 709.1, 709.3(2), and 709.4(2)(b) (2005) of one count of sex abuse in the second degree and one count of sex abuse in the third degree for sexually abusing his younger cousin. The State presented evidence of Cox's prior sexual abuse of two other cousins. Cox appealed, asserting the district court erred by admitting the instances of sexual abuse against other victims pursuant to Iowa Code...

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