STATE v. SCHOOLEY

No. 23-1117.

13 N.W.3d 608 (2024)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Reuben Daniel SCHOOLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed November 8, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenna Bird, Attorney General, and Joshua A. Duden (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

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

Oxley, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.


This appeal requires us to consider whether a father's actions crossed the line from lawful corporal punishment to criminal conduct. Reuben Schooley was arrested after he slapped his then nine-year-old daughter across the head, spanked her, yanked her by the shirt, and told her to get out of the house because she was acting like...

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