STATE v. SHOWENS

No. 12-2168.

845 N.W.2d 436 (2014)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Darrell Allen SHOWENS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith , State Appellate Defender, Martha J. Lucey , Assistant Appellate Defender, and Kyle Mendenhall , Student Legal Intern, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Kevin R. Cmelik , Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Walton , County Attorney, and Alan R. Havercamp and Robert C. Bradfield, Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.


MANSFIELD, Justice.

A registered sex offender was arrested after sitting on a bench facing a public library. It was the middle of the day and he had been there approximately forty-five minutes. We must decide whether sufficient evidence exists to support the defendant's conviction by the district court for loitering within 300 feet of a public library in violation of Iowa Code section 692A.113(1)(g) (2011). Additionally, we are asked to decide whether the defendant...

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