State of Iowa
v.
Roy Allen Doorenbos
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Roy Allen Doorenbos
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Matthew M. Boles and Adam C. Witosky
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Poweshiek County, Shawn R. Showers, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, P.J., and May and Greer, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, P.J. (23 pages)
The State charged Roy Doorenbos with one count of sexual abuse in the third degree and two counts of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. A jury acquitted him on the sexual abuse count but convicted him of assault with intent and the lesser-included offense of simple-misdemeanor assault. He appeals the two convictions, alleging inconsistent verdicts. He also contends his trial was unfair because the court did not permit him to view his accuser’s mental-health records, declined to strike two jurors for cause, and granted the State’s motion to amend the dates in the trial information. Finally, Doorenbos asks to be resentenced. OPINION HOLDS: Because it was possible for Doorenbos to commit two assaults on two different days, but not commit sexual abuse on a later date, the jury’s verdicts were not inconsistent. Next, the court properly denied his request for access to M.A.’s therapy records. And the court properly declined to strike two jurors for cause. Also, we find no error in the amendment of the trial information. Last, because we discern no reliance on improper factors, the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Doorenbos.
