State of Iowa
v.
Brandon Sebastian Reed
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Brandon Sebastian Reed
Attorney for the Appellee
Zachary Miller, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Bradley M. Bender, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Scott County, Joel W. Barrows, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vogel, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and McDonald, JJ. Opinion by Vogel, C.J. (10 pages)
Brandon Reed appeals his convictions and sentence for one count of indecent contact with a child and two counts of third-degree sexual abuse. He asserts the jury’s guilty verdicts were not supported by sufficient evidence. Additionally, he raises multiple ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims. OPINION HOLDS: We conclude sufficient evidence supports all the verdicts and counsel was not ineffective by failing to object to a jury instruction allowing the jury to consider out-of-court statements made by Reed as if they were made at trial. Additionally, we preserve the other three issues of ineffective assistance of counsel for possible postconviction relief.
