State of Iowa
v.
Keith Alexander Mayes
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Keith Alexander Mayes
Attorney for the Appellee
Sheryl Soich, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Christopher Kragnes Sr. and Kaitlyn C. Dimaria
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, David P. Odekirk, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Greer and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Greer, J. (13 pages)
Keith Mayes appeals from his conviction for sexual abuse in the second degree. Mayes maintains the district court abused its discretion in determining the rape-shield law prevented the introduction of evidence the complaining witness had previously been shown a pornographic video, challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction, and argues the court abused its discretion in granting the State’s two requests for continuances. OPINION HOLDS: The district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding evidence based on the rape-shield law or in granting the State’s two requests for continuances. Additionally, because substantial evidence supports Mayes’s conviction for sexual abuse in the second degree, we affirm.
