State of Iowa
v.
Jeff Lee Altmayer
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Jeff Lee Altmayer
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas E. Bakke, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Stephan J. Japuntich, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Jasper County, Terry R. Rickers, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vogel, C.J., and Vaitheswaran and McDonald, JJ. Opinion by Vogel, C.J. (11 pages)
Jeff Lee Altmayer appeals his convictions for kidnapping in the first degree, sexual abuse in the second degree, and two counts of enticing a child. He argues his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to a jury instruction regarding his out-of-court statements, and the court abused its discretion in admitting other-acts evidence and erred in submitting a jury instruction regarding the complaining witness. OPINION HOLDS: We find both instructions correctly state the law and did not result in prejudice and the other-acts evidence was proper for proving identity. Therefore, we affirm.
