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STATE v. ROSS

No. 20-0914.

986 N.W.2d 581 (2023)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Alexander Shantee Thomas ROSS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed February 24, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Heinicke of Kragnes & Associates, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Thomas J. Ogden , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Oxley, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which McDonald, McDermott, and May, JJ., joined. Mansfield, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Christensen, C.J., and Waterman, J., joined.

In State v. Kraai, 969 N.W.2d 487, 490-92 (Iowa 2022), and State v. Mathis, 971 N.W.2d 514, 516, 520 (Iowa 2022), we held that it is error in sexual abuse cases for a trial court to instruct jurors that "[t]here is no requirement that the [alleged victim's testimony] be corroborated." Although a correct statement of...

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