Supreme Court of Iowa· 6/26/1974

State v. Drake

Citations

219 N.W.2d 492
1974 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1068

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upholding prior Iowa statute prohibiting sex between a male over 25 and female under 17
acknowledging that the statute creates a gender-based classification
upholding legislative definition of statutory rape based on age of the victim and assailant
“[T]he circumstances surrounding the commission of a crime may ordinarily be shown, even if such evidence would otherwise be inadmissible.”
rape of companion of victim admissible because closely related in point of time and place and so intimately associated with the crime charged as to form a continuous transaction
male over 25 and female under 17

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Judges: Moore, Rawlings, Legrand, Uhlenhopp, Harris

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