STATE v. MADSEN

No. 09-1500.

813 N.W.2d 714 (2012)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Kenneth Lee MADSEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith , State Appellate Defender, and Shellie L. Knipfer , Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jean C. Pettinger and Susan R. Krisko , Assistant Attorneys General, and Ricki L. Osborn , County Attorney, for appellee.


WATERMAN, Justice.

In this case, we review our promise-of-leniency doctrine and related issues to determine the admissibility of the confessions of defendant, Kenneth Lee Madsen. A Webster County jury that heard part of his confessions found him guilty on two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree in violation of Iowa Code section 709.3(2) (2007) and one count of lascivious acts with a child in violation of Iowa Code section 709.8. Madsen argues the district...

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