STATE v. SCHWARTZ

No. 22-0390.

7 N.W.3d 756 (2024)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Kari Jean SCHWARTZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 7, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha J. Lucey, State Appellate Defender, and Melinda J. Nye, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellant.

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

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


Kari Schwartz was found guilty of sexual exploitation by a school employee by a pattern, practice, or scheme, in violation of Iowa Code section 709.15(3)(a), (3)(b), (5)(a) (2009). In this direct appeal, she raises four challenges to her conviction and sentence: ...

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