State of Iowa
v.
Kurt Alan Olson
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Kurt Alan Olson
Attorney for the Appellee
Katie Krickbaum, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Kevin D. Engels
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Tama County, Mary E. Chicchelly, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., Bower, J., and Blane, S.J. Opinion by Blane, S.J. (15 pages)
Defendant appeals from his convictions for two counts of indecent contact with a child and three counts of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. He contends the jury verdicts are not supported by sufficient evidence and the district court erred in not granting him a new trial based on his weight-of-the-evidence and evidentiary claims. Finally, he contends his trial counsel was ineffective. OPINION HOLDS: We find Olson failed to preserve his sufficiency-of-the-evidence argument. The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying his motion for new trial as the verdict was not against the weight-of-the-evidence. The court did not abuse its discretion in any preserved evidentiary ruling. And the ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims are preserved for postconviction-relief proceedings.
