STATE v. MALDONADO

No. 21-1812.

993 N.W.2d 379 (2023)

STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge MALDONADO, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

Filed March 8, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Fiester , Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Louis S. Sloven , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Heard by Bower, C.J., and Badding and Ahlers, JJ.


The "recurring issue of when forensic interviews of child complaining witnesses should be admitted into evidence" under the residual hearsay exception has reared its head again in this appeal. See State v. Skahill, 966 N.W.2d 1, 4 (Iowa 2021). Jorge Maldonado, who was convicted of sexually abusing two of his daughters, claims...

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