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State v. Griffin

Citations

  • 386 N.W.2d 529
  • 1986 Iowa App. LEXIS 1595

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  • holding that neither the statute nor our case law require proof of a particular date to support a second-degree-sexual-abuse conviction
  • holding when the date is not a material element of the crime, the State does not have the burden of proving when the offense occurred
  • holding statute defining second degree sexual abuse “does not make a particular time period a material element of the offense”
  • holding statute defining crime of second-degree sexual abuse “does not make a particular time period a material element of the offense”
  • holding when the date is not a material element of the crime, the State does not have the burden of proving when the offense occurred
  • noting due process requires a defendant to be “apprised of the crime charged with sufficient certainty to enable him to prepare his defense”

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Judges: Oxberger, Snell, Schlegel

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