STATE v. BENSON

No. 17-0650.

919 N.W.2d 237 (2018)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Owen F. BENSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed October 19, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Priscilla E. Forsyth , Sioux City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Kevin Cmelik , Assistant Attorney General, Patrick Jennings , County Attorney, and Kristine Timmins and Joshua Widman , Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.


In this appeal, Owen Benson contends he did not cross the line from lawful corporal punishment to criminal conduct. Benson maintains there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for both assault causing bodily injury and child endangerment because the State did not prove his actions exceeded the scope of legal...

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