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STATE v. HOWARD

No. 10-1742.

825 N.W.2d 32 (2012)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Robert Anthony HOWARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 21, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith , State Appellate Defender, and Dennis D. Hendrickson and Martha J. Lucey , Assistant Appellate Defenders, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Linda J. Hines , Assistant Attorney General, and Alan R. Ostergren , County Attorney, for appellee.

WATERMAN, Justice.

After the police detective questioning him promised treatment and implied he would go free if he completed treatment, defendant, Robert Howard, confessed to sexually abusing his girlfriend's son. Howard contends his confession is inadmissible under our caselaw prohibiting the use of confessions obtained following a promise of leniency. The district court denied Howard's motion to suppress his confession, and the jury that heard his confession convicted...

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