· 7/23/1986
State v. Chancy
Citations
- 391 N.W.2d 231
- 1986 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1241
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- noting in third-degree sex abuse trial that “there seems to be no question about the potential of psychological evidence in the present case to assist the trier of fact[, and] [t]he victim’s lack of mental capacity is ... key element in the crime charged”
- victim was mildly-mentally-retarded woman with full scale I.Q. of 64, who was enrolled in a special education class; she functioned at level of a nine- to twelve-year-old and had difficulty understanding social situations
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Judges: Reynoldson, Harris, Larson, Schultz, Wolle
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