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State v. Maestas

Citations

  • 224 N.W.2d 248
  • 88 A.L.R. 3d 1
  • 1974 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1194

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  • concluding intrafamilial nature of pri- or abuse coupled with similarity of the prior acts rendered six- and ten-year-old incidents admissible
  • requiring constitutional objections to a statute as being vague and overbroad to be challenged “at the earliest available opportunity in the progress of the case”
  • strongly probative evidence of prior acts admissible although alleged acts occurred six and ten years previously

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Judges: Moore, Legrand, Rees, Harris, McCormick

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